ESQL/C connect problems [WinNT]

I'm having difficulty with an ESQL/C program connecting to a database on the local machine. [When I run the program on a Solaris box, it connects to the server on the Solaris box OK, but fails to retrieve the BLOB successfully.] The Informix 'Database Explorer' application has no trouble seeing the local database. The error code is -25596, with the helpful text of "The INFORMIXSERVER value is not listed in the sqlhosts file or the Registry." The code in the .ec file [and the error_check() function] is copied from one of the Informix ESQL/C example programs [blobload.ec]. <excerpt begins> int main(int argc, char ** argv){ EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION; char str_spec[128]; char dbname[30]; EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION; int rc; char * database; char * table; char * key; char * buffer; /*connect to database*/ strcpy(dbname,"testblob"); printf("\\nConnecting to %s",dbname); EXEC SQL connect to :dbname; error_check("database statement"); <Excerpt ends> I've checked the registry values, and they seem to correspond to the ones specified in "The sqlhosts File or Registry" [page 4-27 of the Dynamic Server 7.3 Administrator's Guide]. One problem may be the lenght of the server's name. I recall that Informix has some short arbitary length restrictions on user & server names [But I cannot find them in the .pdf files]. Any suggestions? -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own