Re: need SCO Unix help please

Hi Tom. Make sure /tmp/INFORMIXTMP, if exists. cat /tmp/INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs . You can find where informix products installed. Then $ INFORMIXDIR=hoge $ export INFORMIXDIR $ PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/bin:$PATH $ export PATH $ dbaccess -V (or something else) HTH. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: Tom <tcsmith@mindspring.com> >Reply-To: Tom <tcsmith@mindspring.com> >To: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: Re: need SCO Unix help please >Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 01:41:54 GMT > >Thanks. Initially, none of them worked. I was able to crank up >dbschema and dbexport. dbschema showed v7.23. Then I tried these >commands again. The first two worked, the second two did not. (The >two that worked showed the same version as dbschema.) The fact that >any worked at all, I guess had to do with my having added >"/usr/informix/bin" to the PATH. Until I did that, I couldn't get >dbschema or dbexport to work either. Even when I was in the /bin >directory itself. > >Appreciate the help, > >Tom > >On 3 Apr 2004 13:28:42 -0800, dryburghj@yahoo.com (scottishpoet) >wrote: > > >I'll assume you ar enot running cloudscape, redbrick or illustra.... > > > >If its SE 4 or 5 then > > bcheck -V > >If its SE 7 the > > secheck -V > > > >If its OnLine 4 or 5 then > > tbstat -V > > > >If its Online 6,7,8 or 9 then > > onstat -V> > > >Alternatively log in as root, and in $INFORMIXDIR/etc there should be > >a hidden file, .crfile > > > >That should tell you wnat products were installed in what arder, > >oldest product at the top of the file > > > > > > > > > > > >Tom <tcsmith@mindspring.com> wrote in message >news:<tp3s60t6d0k7rkfq8c99gbeibik75nh83i@4ax.com>... > >> I have inherited a server which runs SCO Unix Open Server Release 5. > >> I know the server that it replaced (it was a year 2k upgrade) ran an > >> Informix db engine. (I don't know what version.) I'm assuming that > >> the current version is 7, but I don't know. (This server is only > >> occasionally used for reference, and there has been no one to watch > >> over it.) The last time I worked with SCO was about 5 years ago... > >> > >> How would I go about finding out what the db engine is, and what > >> version? How can I find out the db name(s)? > >> > >> I'd like to use an ODBC connection from my XP Pro client to suck out > >> what data I can, and I'm hoping that it has what this scenario would > >> require, on the server end. I have an Informix v7 driver on my > >> client, but I need to know what the db name(s) is/are, etc. > >> > >> Any help/guidance you can impart would be most appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> Tom > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail sending to informix-list

Thanks. On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:23:40 +0900, "Tsutomu Ogiwara" <tsutomu_ogiwara@hotmail.com> wrote: > >Hi Tom. > >Make sure /tmp/INFORMIXTMP, if exists. >cat /tmp/INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs . > >You can find where informix products installed. > >Then >$ INFORMIXDIR=hoge >$ export INFORMIXDIR >$ PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/bin:$PATH >$ export PATH> >$ dbaccess -V (or something else)> >HTH.