2 INFORMIXDIRs located under same home directory?
Hi everyone. I know this is not an ideal design but if I have to install a new IDS 11 FC2 INFORMXDIR underneath an existing IDS 9 FC7 INFORMIXDIR location....can anyone see issues with this ASSUMING that users fully qualify their INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXDIR/bin variables correctly? IE: /opt/informix/Informix_9 holds the IDS 9 FC7 binaries then /opt/informix/Informix_11 holds the IDS 11 FC2 binaries As long as everyone properly sets their INFORMIXDIR and PATH variables.... does anyone see why this setup would not work? Again..I know this is not an ideal situation. Thanks, Will
Hi Will This setup should work. Tell us more details about the problem you had. Regards, -Ping --- On Mon, 7/13/09, WILL LANDSTROM <willlandstrom@yahoo.com> wrote: From: WILL LANDSTROM <willlandstrom@yahoo.com> Subject: 2 INFORMIXDIRs located under same home directory? [16355] To: ids@iiug.org Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 7:47 AM Hi everyone. I know this is not an ideal design but if I have to install a new IDS 11 FC2 INFORMXDIR underneath an existing IDS 9 FC7 INFORMIXDIR location....can anyone see issues with this ASSUMING that users fully qualify their INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXDIR/bin variables correctly? IE: /opt/informix/Informix_9 holds the IDS 9 FC7 binaries then /opt/informix/Informix_11 holds the IDS 11 FC2 binaries As long as everyone properly sets their INFORMIXDIR and PATH variables.... does anyone see why this setup would not work? Again..I know this is not an ideal situation. Thanks, Will ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
No problems. I do it all the time and Jonathan has had many many releases running concurrently on his workstation for many years. Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:47 AM, WILL LANDSTROM <willlandstrom@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi everyone. I know this is not an ideal design but if I have to install a > new > IDS 11 FC2 INFORMXDIR underneath an existing IDS 9 FC7 INFORMIXDIR > location....can anyone see issues with this ASSUMING that users fully > qualify > their INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXDIR/bin variables correctly? > > IE: > > /opt/informix/Informix_9 holds the IDS 9 FC7 binaries > > then > > /opt/informix/Informix_11 holds the IDS 11 FC2 binaries > > As long as everyone properly sets their > > INFORMIXDIR and PATH variables.... > > does anyone see why this setup would not work? > > Again..I know this is not an ideal situation. > > Thanks, Will > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001636c5b526f0983b046e96e6e3
Art and Ping. Thanks
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 05:47, WILL LANDSTROM<willlandstrom@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. I know this is not an ideal design but if I have to install a new > IDS 11 FC2 INFORMXDIR underneath an existing IDS 9 FC7 INFORMIXDIR > location....can anyone see issues with this ASSUMING that users fully qualify > their INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXDIR/bin variables correctly? > > IE: > > /opt/informix/Informix_9 holds the IDS 9 FC7 binaries > > then > > /opt/informix/Informix_11 holds the IDS 11 FC2 binaries > > As long as everyone properly sets their > > INFORMIXDIR and PATH variables.... > > does anyone see why this setup would not work? It's what I do all the time...more or less...my setup is more complex, but I have /usr/informix/11.50.FC3 and /usr/informix/11.10.FC1 and /usr/informix/9.40.FC7 and ... It works fine as long as you keep your environment set correctly. (On my machine, /usr/informix is a symlink to somewhere with lots of storage space...and things go downhill from there.) -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2008.0513 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused." NB: Please do not use this email for correspondence. I don't necessarily read it every week, even. Shelley Winters - "Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/shelley_winters.html