Re: Application on UNIX, Database on NT?

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:02:16 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

nil@poboxes.com wrote: > > I have a ESQL/C application that would normally access the database on the > Unix server. Is it possible to access an Informix database on an NT server? > How? Assuming first that you have an Informix engine or runtime environment on the 1) The NT box has to be on the network. 2) Its address must be in /etc/hosts 3) The service the engine is using must be in /etc/services 4) Define the server in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts 5) Use the NT server's name from sqlhosts in $INFORMIXSERVER, a CONNECT statement, or as a remote database host in a DATABASE or other SQL statement. Art S. Kagel