RE: Can I alias dbaccess to be isql ?

Cedric ISQL and 4Gl are two independant products and one does not contain the other, neither, as far as I am aware, are either available as trials. Yes, your best option (other than editing every script !!) is to cd $INFORMIXDIR/bin and run 'ln -s dbaccess isql' Keith -----Original Message----- From: cedricmarvin@yahoo.com [mailto:cedricmarvin@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 10:09 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Can I alias dbaccess to be isql ? Hello, It's these legacy things which make life interesting. I was handed a server which was/is running on a Solaris 7 / IDS 7.31 system that is to be retired. It has isql 7.20 version (1999 file date) on it also. For testing I have moved some databases over to a Solaris 8 / IDS 9.30 system. It turns out that there is an application which has a large number of shell and perl scripts which have code which looks like isql $dbname commandfile.sql > output-to-be-parsed-in-the-script So, isql is not here on this 9.30 install and IBM's web site indicates that I can get Informix 4GL (which I assume - am I wrong ?) has isql in it, but I can't download a trial version, so I don't know if the current version of 4GL will work for me. I tried copying the binaries and lib files from the 7.31 system to a path on the Solaris 8 system and I got as far as as "25572 Network driver cannot bind a name to the port" error message which seems to be (according to a web search) something that happens with Solaris 8 or higher and to fix you need ISQL of 7.30(somepathlevel) or higher which we do not have. So for these scripts, ***which as far as I can tell do not use forms***, here is my question: Can I do a link of dbaccess to isql so that all these scripts will be invoking dbaccess instead of isql ? Thanks in advance for any help and advice. - Cedric _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list *********************************************************************************************** This message is sent in strict confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses, however we cannot guarantee that this message is free from such problems. ***********************************************************************************************