Re: NT4 Informix

On 9 Jan 97 at 9:10, Chengteh Lee wrote: > We develop our applications on the SCO/Unix and we would > like to port to Windows. Recently we installed Informix DON'T DO IT!!! AAARGH, TOO LATE!!!! :-) > workgroup server, informix-connection and informix-cli on > window NT4 but we have trouble to understand all the > enviornment setups and informix > functionalities. I believe that I am going to ask you > some stupid questions and I will be very appreciative if > you can help me. Believe me, I've just been through this, and it's not a pretty sight. > (1) After installation, we created a database using the command, > c:\\informix\\bin\\dbaccess > this created a database named "test" on our informix NT server, > test@acustafNT > but I could not find where is the file located in my computer. > Where is it? (I can locate the "test" database by using > Database Explorer.) When you set up OnLine, you specify a location for the database. Your test database will be somewhere in that file. > (2) How to use ILogin Demo for INFORMIX-ESQL/C? > I have Database SQLcode=-25556 after I entered > Server: acustafNT > Hostname: MyComputerHost > Servicename: turbo > Protocolname: tcp-ip > and StoresDatabase: test > for connection. > where is the possible error? Is this on the server or the client? We buggered around for a month before we discovered that ilogin was talking to the wrong IP address (we still don't know why). Sorry, can't help you with the other two problems. -- Ciao, Billy I'd be in favour of apathy, but I just couldn't be bothered...