Re: Cannot locate olsoctcp service/tcp service in /etc/services.

In article <3545E1E2.4D38@bloomberg.com>, kagel@bloomberg.com says... > magnus.lundgren@home.se wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I am trying to access an Informix Dynamic Server Database 7.3 on Windows NT > > through ODBC but I get the following error: > > > > SQLDriverConnect returned: SQL_ERROR=-1 > > dbc: szSqlState = "HY000", *pfNativeError = -931, *pcbErrorMsg = 104 > > MessageText = "[INTERSOLV][ODBC Informix driver][Informix]Cannot locate > > olsoctcp service/tcp service in /etc/services. > > > > What should I look for? > > The service name/number in the client's setup for connection to that > host does not exist on the server's setup. You need to add the service > to the equivalent of the UNIX /etc/services file. > > Art S. Kagel > I received the error even though the service was listed. Instead of defining the service name in setnet32 and ODBC setup as listed in the /etc/services file you could try defining it as the actual port number (e.g.: 3000). It worked for me. Possibly the client can't 'read' the services file on the server. -Kyle kyle@fix.net