Re: Informix Net under OS/2 problem

Looks like all you need to do is start I-Star on the server sqlexecd! Check your I-Star documentation. This only applies for 5.x engine for 6 (I think) and 7 (I know) I-Star is automactic with your server online engine. Goodluck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR kendric@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@spamis.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, John Brinegar wrote: } I am trying to use an unusual combination of tools to build an } application, due to unusual requirements: I am building a Delphi 1.0 } (16 bit) Windows application that connects to an Informix Database } running on a Sun, all in the Win-OS/2 mode of OS/2. I have installed } and configured OS/2 Warp and Informix 5.0 Net (on the OS/2 box), but } when I try to connect to the database on the Sun, I get the -932 error } (something about network communication problem). } } The TCP/IP stuff in OS/2 Warp seems to work fine - we can get anywhere } on our local network using normal TCP/IP tools (telnet, ftp, etc.). } We have put the sqlexec (port 1525) entry in the services file, and we } are still having problems getting a sample Informix client to talk to } the server. The client we are using is ILOGIN.EXE (a really stupid } test, but at least will let us know whether we have a connection. } } Questions: } 1. Has anybody run a Windows 3.1 Informix remote client application } under OS/2? } } 2. Does Informix have a version of Informix Net 5.0 for OS/2? (Based } on their web site, it seems they have put 5.0 out of their minds) } } 3. If the answer to the previous question is no, then should we be } able to connect using the Windows driver? How? } } 4. Am I out of my mind? } } Keep in mind that the development tool and its database access method } (BDE, not ODBC) have nothing to do with the problem - we cannot get a } 'pure' Informix client to connect to the server. } } Any help on this problem would be appreciated. If possible, please } send mail with any thoughts. } } Thanks, } John Brinegar } } Bolder Heuristics, Inc. brinegar@bhi.com } 4810 Riverbend Road (303) 444-6085 x110 } Boulder, CO 80301 Fax: (303) 444-6143 } } }