Re: ODBC --> I-Net --> I-Star Help!

In article <42qd7m$q16@homer.alpha.net> mnemonic@earth.execpc.com "John Aydelotte" writes: > *** Tale of woe warning *** > I'm attempting to get a report writer in Windows (Vision:Data from > Sterling Software (formerly a product called Clear Access)) to talk to my > Online 5.0 db. > > The guy who recommended this product is in sales and isn't much help, .... So, no change there! ;-) > I seem to have Vision:Data talking to the ODBC Drivers. The ODBC driver > can see the I-Net .dll files. But I-Net & I-Star don't seem to be > communicating, since my PC doesn't even attempt to contact the server. > I tried running ILOGIN.EXE, and it errors out with a -932, then a Winsock > Error "getservbyname [WSANO_DATA]. Is your \\etc\\hosts file OK? Can you PING the server? Have you got SETNET configured correctly? If you can't run ILOGIN, you won't be able to use ODBC. The first step is definitely to get ILOGIN going. Then it should be a doddle. > In order to provide technical support, Informix wants me to upgrade > I-net, I-star, AND my db engine to a developer's copy at a cost of around > $8,000. Well, of course! :-) Strictly speaking, of course, you *are* developing against the database... > Anyone have any ideas? > > (besides offing the sales guy...) Always an option.... :-) Let us know what fixed it! HTH, Spokey the Wheeler------------------------------------------------------------- "Billy Boy" - das aufregende andersche kondom!