Re: Testing a Linux Client

It's been my experience that the Windows CSDK's come with a program called ILogin.exe which is a simple C program that uses the client libraries natively to call a database and automatically retrieve a [select * from customers;] from the stores7 database. Stores7 is the default test database created by running demodbaccess7.bat (.sh) on the server. As Informix was known to say (we build great tools, not client apps..) If your using UNIX for a client platform you either have an app in mind and should use that to test, or your thinking of writing one.. in which cases you have explicit setup instructions.. or know UNIX programming against libraries.. worst case if your a script writer.. you know PERL and installing the PERL DBD/DBI modules for Informix are extrememly trivial.. now that PERL supports remote update and install direct from CPAN... at some point, somewhere, you have to know something to start with and that determines the best test. The database comes with dbaccess (technically a "dba" tool for managing the database base..) and from the commandline can be directed to use an shm or tcp interface to the db server as defined in sqlhosts so network connectivity can be tested on the same box. A case could be made for a "dba-ping" but that assumes a sophisticated client program be written and maintained on the client side... worst case.. you'd need to "fix" something about the default install of the database and make it publically available.. opening it up for Denial of Service Attacks.. best to leave the networking aspects to the networking experts. Of course under windows, they assume you know nothing, appropriately enough.. and wrote ILogin.exe At 08:23 AM 9/26/00 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >I do not have dbaccess as part of my Client SDK. I have dbaccess on the my >server which I used to verify the server is running correctly. I need to >verify that my Linux client has been set up correctly. I am unsure of how to >do this. > >Regards >Ian Thurbon > > >Jonathan Leffler wrote: > >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Ian Thurbon wrote: >> >I have installed informix client SDK on Linux and have configured my >> >environment, sqlhosts, services files etc to point at my server. How do >> >I test to see whether this has been configured correctly? On win32 I use >> >iLogin demo which is sufficient, but there does not seem to be a Linux >> >equivalent. Any ideas would be much appreciated. >> >> Simplest test is to run DB-Access and create a database: >> >> dbaccess - - <<! >> create database whatnot;>> ! >> >> If it works, you're probably OK. If it doesn't, you aren't. >> >> -- >> Yours, >> Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> >> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN >> "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!" > > > >