Re: Running dbaccess remotely

Hi Yew, U can try by setting the informix variable INFORMIXSERVER to ur machine where dbaccess utility is located.This can be done as follows. export INFORMIXSERVER = <host name where dbaccess is located> Srinivas.A On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 cyewmeng@my-deja.com wrote: > I'm a newbie in Informix and is desperately looking for a solution to > the following problem > I have: > > 1) I'm running Informix (7.x) on host A. > 2) I'm trying to run dbaccess (on host A) remotely from host B. > Qn: how can I do it? > > A bit of background to this problem: > Host B is actually a Web server containing some perl scripts. These perl > scripts are invoked by the web server to get data from host A. The perl > script uses dbaccess to do so. I did my development with both Infromix > and web server on the same host, everything is OK. In the production > env, I hit a problem: the perl script complains that dbaccess not > found. I have no idea how to fix this problem as Informix is still very > alien to me....:-< > > If you have any idea on how to fix this problem, would really > appreciate if you can show me the light! I'm desperate for a > solution...THANKS in advance! > > Warmest regards, > Yew > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. >