Re: DBTEMP

In article <69lfgv$ko4@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Bill Weaver <billw@fscorp.com> writes >I'm running Online Dynamic Server version 7.22. I have a system that I >inherited >and in the environment, the DBTEMP variable is set to a particular file system. >This environment variable is not listed in the System Admin manuals so it would >seem that 7.22 doesn't utilize it. You can find reference to it in the SQL >Reference manual however and it states there that it only is applicable to SE >which I am not running. HOWEVER, I am getting some temporary files in the file >system named by DBTEMP (PSORT_DBTEMP doesn't reference it nor does any other >environment variable)! If this variable "isn't used" by Online, then why are >they appearing and what are they (they all begin with prefixes "en" and "f1"? >Is >it safe to unset this variable and not use it at all? If so, will it use the >temporary spaces I already have defined? In addition to Online, we also utilize >version 6.04 of SQL and I4GL. Could one of these be using it? Is DBSPACETEMP set in the environment or your ONCONFIG file. If not I'm not sure what happens next. >-------------------------------------------------------- >Name: Bill Weaver >E-mail: Bill Weaver <billw@fscorp.com> >Date: 01/15/98 >Time: 11:16:28 > >This message was sent by Z-Mail Pro - from NetManage >NetManage - delivers Standards Based IntraNet Solutions >-------------------------------------------------------- > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care