Re: Development area?

Posted in 1994

Dennis Pimple — 7 Aug 94 03:56:57 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Paul@ecles.demon.co.uk (Paul Eccleston) writes: >Some background:- >... >database back to /u/informix/develop.dbs and re-compile again. >Is there anyway that the database does not need to be specified until runtime? >We've attempted to set an enviroment variable called DATABASE and used the >following code in Informix:- > database "$DATABASE" Why not give the databases the same name? If running Standard Engine, you can use DBPATH to point to either the development or production database, and in OnLine you can have two intances running, using TBCONFIG to differentiate. I've used both methods with ease. ======================================================================= Dennis J. Pimple dennisp@informix.com Opinions expressed Senior Consultant -------------------- are mine, and do not Informix Software Inc Voice: 303-850-0210 necessarily reflect Denver Colorado USA Fax: 303-779-4025 those of my employer.