Proposed Informix On Linux FAQ

Howdy do, everybody! I'm compiling a list of questions in order to create an FAQ for the linux-informix mailing list. I would appreciate it if y'all would take the time to look them over and make any comments or additions. A brief note on methodology: I did "grep -i linux" on the c.d.i archives for July 1998 to the present and had a quick look at informix.idn.linux. I posted this request to the linux-informix mailing list yesterday, so please accept my apologies if you have already responded. To avoid cluttering up the newsgroup, PLEASE email your remarks directly to me at kwall@uswest.net (PLEASE, No HTML!). I will make the changes suggested (giving due credit, of course), and then flesh out some answers. Thanks for your help! The list below has no particular order... Kurt ----- begin ----- 1. Can I install Informix on <my_favorite_distribution>? 2. What other Informix products have been or will be ported to Linux? 3. Why do I see sqlexecd zombies in my process table? 4. What do I do about it? 5. What ODBC drivers are available? 6. I'm having problems connecting to my database from <my_environment>. 7. What is the difference between sqlexec and sqlexecd? 8. How do I use SE with seipcpip? 9. The socket/port the Installation instructions say to use is already in use. Which socket/port should I use instead? 10. Is there a <my_favorite_language> interface to Informix-SE? 11. How do I configure Linux to run Informix 4GL on SE? 12. How do I use SE with sesoctcp? 13. When will 4GL be available? 14. When will Online Dynamic Server be available? 15. Will JDBC work with Informix-SE on Linux? 16. Where/how do I get it? 17. What's the catch? 18. How do I get started? 19. How should I kill sqlexecd? 20. What are all these "-NNN" errors? 21. What is the difference between Informix-SE and Informix Online Dynamic Server? 22. What is the most current release? 23. Is technical support available? 24. How do I write/compile/execute ESQL/C programs? 25. Is Informix-SE "thread-safe?" 26. How do I connect my database to a web page? 27. Why do I get segmentation faults when I try to run dbaccess in an xterm? 28. What scripting languages interface with Informix-SE? 29. How do I configure this "sqlhosts" file? Additional Resources -------------------- General information about Informix-SE for Linux http://www.informix.com/linux/ Documentation for Informix-SE http://www.informix.com/answers/oldsite/answers/english/se72xux.html Installation Instructions (HOWTOs) http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/linux/linux_top.html http://www.informix.com/idn-secure/Linux/WebPages/install.html (requires IDN membership) Related Websites http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog/ifmxlinux.htm http://www.inxutil.com/ International Informix Users Group http://www.iiug.org/ Usenet comp.databases.informix Informix.idn.linux (requires IDN membership) Mailing Lists linux-informix mailing list hosted at IIUG informix mailing list hosted at IIUG FAQs Informix FAQ - HTML: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html Informix FAQ - Text: ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq ----- end -----