Re: pager S/W suggestions.

Clive, If you are on a unix system, you can write a script that just calls dbaccess to do something unimportant, like count the number of rows in a table. Test the status, $?, after the command. If it is not 0 then use the unix "cu" command to call the pager number with a certain code. In the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file, make an entry for the pager that looks something like this: infmxdown <other parms that are required> <phonenumber,,,1> <other parms> So, it will dial the phone number of the pager, pause a couple of seconds while the pager service answers, then sends a 1 to indicate that informix is down. Or change the 1 to a code of your choice for different circumstances. I use this regularly when conversion scripts are running that fail, when a static table gets changed, or to let me know a job is finished. If the whole system is down is another story. If you have multiple systems networked together, you may be able to some type of "remote command" between all the different systems. If contact is not made to the other system, then call a pager. This assumes the system with the modems is not down. Steve Goldberg Landata RE-Source Clive Keough wrote: > Hi > > Can anyone please make suggestions or advise of sites to peruse, to > enable us to find info on possible pager software ie if a machine is > down or informix falls over when there are no staff on site a messsage > is sent to a telephone or pager. > > TIA > > Clive