Re: versions and instances and platforms

nguffey@my-deja.com wrote: > > In article <7r57mh$23t$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: nguffey@my-deja.com > > > > > >I have read some of the postings debating the pros and cons of > multiple > > >instances on one machine. I have a few more questions/issues. Is it > > >relatively easy to run multiple instances of multiple versions > (7.3,8.x > > >and/or 9.x) all on one machine? How does that work with INFORMIXDIR > as > > >well as with the administration tools? Ours is not a resource > > You install in different directories. > > But there is only one INFORMIXDIR, correct? So how can you run the > different instances/tools from different directories at the same time? [SNIP] Ahh, there's the trick. The INFORMIXDIR specifies where to find the software and libraries for the engine you are connecting to as a default. Each app will have its INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXSERVER set according to the default it needs normally. Access to the other engines will be through TCP/IP or pipe connections. Art S. Kagel