Re: Did I create a DBSpace correctly?

Richard Fremmerlid <lsbcoop2@hq.marh.gov.bc.ca> wrote: > I don't know much about Informix, I am on a student work term > trying to work through it without any help from our information > systems people. They installed the database but they don't know > anything about it, so be merciful with my lack of knowledge. > Previously I have been creating all of our databases in the default > rootdbs, and since I heard that wasnt' the recommended practice, I attempted > to create a new workspace. I did the following: > 1. cat /dev/null > raw_dbs *This in same dir as rootdbs > 2. chmod 660 raw_dbs > 3. onspaces -c -d dbdemo -p /app/informix/dbspace/raw_dbs -o 5000 -s 10000 Since you're using cooked files, why is offset needed ?? I've mostly used raw devices before .. so am I missing something? -Lin > 4. dbaccessdemo dbdemo3 -dbspace dbdemo > 5. Then I added a new table to dbdemo3 from the dbadmin in LiveWire, and > it seemed to work. > I am wondering if you can tell me if I missed something, and did some > damage to our system. I am new to all of this.