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Re: Informix ODBC dirver 3.10

Posted in 2005

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Cloud, Docker & Containers, Internationalization & Character Sets

Fernando Nunes — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

robin.cawsey@btinternet.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm having a little problem getting an application to open a conection > to an informix database using the informix ODBC 3.10 drivers. The > application is running on a dell laptop thats got windows XP SP1 on it. > > The error being returned is as follows: > > "Unable to load locale categories" > > I would be most grateful if they one can suggest a solution to this > problem, given that I have run out of ideas. > > Thanks > > Rob > Your PATH environment variable has problems... It should include %INFORMIXDIR%/bin Maybe you need a restart... maybe the %INFORMIXDIR%/bin component is near the end of a long PATH (seen this before in MS IIS). Try to investigate this... start by puting it in the begining of the PATH. Regards.

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Fernando Nunes — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Fernando Nunes wrote: > robin.cawsey@btinternet.com wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm having a little problem getting an application to open a conection >> to an informix database using the informix ODBC 3.10 drivers. The >> application is running on a dell laptop thats got windows XP SP1 on it. >> >> The error being returned is as follows: >> >> "Unable to load locale categories" >> >> I would be most grateful if they one can suggest a solution to this >> problem, given that I have run out of ideas. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rob >> > > Your PATH environment variable has problems... It should include > %INFORMIXDIR%/bin > > Maybe you need a restart... maybe the %INFORMIXDIR%/bin component is > near the end of a long PATH (seen this before in MS IIS). > > Try to investigate this... start by puting it in the begining of the PATH. > > Regards. I may have confuse the issues... my answer relates to another error: "Cannot load translation library". In your case you may have the INFORMIXDIR variable incorrectly set. Check the environment and your SetNet32 program. Also... do you have a "strange" locale on your PC? Regards.