Re: How can 908 error be returned without connection ?

Indeed, error 908 is known internally to the JDBC driver. Check out your URL for INFORMIXSERVER name, for host name, for port number. Check the TCP port number is right and is equal to the port number on wich your SE or IDS server is listening. Best Regards, Octav On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 02:04:12AM +0000, Bill Tolman wrote: > > Here is today's Dumb question > I have am inherited Java App (using JDBC) running on NT which is giving us > a vendor error -908 when connecting to a UNIX box. > > Error 908: Attempt to connect to database server (servername, > conerr=connection-error-number, oserr=system-error-number) failed. > > Q) How can the app be failing to connect to the server if it is getting a > 908 error returned ie > surely connection is established to receive the vendor error in the first > place. > Or is the 908 error known internally by JDBC (eg in a local error > dictionary). > > Thanks > Bill > > ==================================== > Email: Bill_Tolman@Hotmail.Com > ==================================== -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com