Re: Graphical GUI tool FREE!

Try including the service name in the services file in your windows directory. Rajiv Jhaveri ================================================================= Voice : (908) 949 7987 Pager : 544 7872 or 1-800 225 0256 PIN 310902 Fax : (908) 949 1726 E-mail: rajivp@qsun.ho.att.com ================================================================= } From ilist@rmy.emory.edu Thu Jun 26 00:59 EDT 1997 } >Received: by cagw2.att.com; Thu Jun 26 00:55 EDT 1997 } From: Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> } Subject: Re: Graphical GUI tool FREE! } Sender: informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu } To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } X-Informix-List-Id: <news.39683> } Content-Type: text } } Joe Lumbley wrote: } > } > There, I thought that would get your attention. Informix has just } > released their graphical database management tool ROM 2.1 into free } > distrubiton from their website. http://www.informix.com/trybuy. } --- SNIP --- } } Of course, I could not resist. However, I seem to have a problem } configuring it in SetNet-32. When I try to open the one server I have } defined, I get the following error message: } } [informix][sqlinfmx.dll] SQL Error (-931): Cannot locate hpgarsoc } service/tcp service in /etc/services } } Now hpgarsoc is the name of the service in /etc/services on the Unix } host system holding my database server. It really is there! } } What have I done in setnet-32 so far? } 1. I have defined a host machine, using the IP address of my host. After } the first few failed attempts, I decided to let it prompt me for } password at run time. Same error. } 2. In the "server" box, I have the name hpgar - the same value as my } $INFORMIXSERVER when I log into the host machine for shell access. } 3. In desperation, I created the SQLHOSTS.TXT file in c:\\informix\\etc } and placed that full path name in the SQLHOSTS "environment variable" in } setnet-32. } } Nothing works. } } (I recall the 931 problem from early versions of NewEra on Windows-3.1; } the solution then was to delete (or rename) the winsock.dll that came } with the product so that it would be forced to use another winsoc.dll } that happened to be on the system. This is clearly not the problem here } - all the winsoc.dll files are under c:\\windows.) } } I did just notice, however, that on my unix host, the sqlhosts entry for } the server has a protocol of onsoctcp 0 - "on" for online; this is what } I put in my copy of sqlhosts on the PC. By contrast, in the setnet } dialog box, the drop-down box for protocol specifies olsoctcp - "ol" for } online. Could this little discrepency be the cause of my grief? Nobody } else seems to be complaining about it. And it is not consistent with } the error message, which complains about not finding s service I see } *is* there in /etc/hosts. } } Any ideas out there? } } Thanks. } -- } -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated aquatic avians) } } +----------------------------------------------------------+ } |Aside from that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?| } +----------------------------------------------------------+ } }