Re: IDS : 7.24 UC5 Cannot find message file.

I have niw reinstalled Informix Dynamic Server and it works. Thanks a lot for your help. Frank V d Heyning Art S. Kagel heeft geschreven in bericht <366EA2EC.25DB@bloomberg.net>... >Frank Van de Heyning wrote: >> >> Dear reader, >> >> when I try to startup the database I get following message : >> "Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG". >> >> I sure that INFORMIXDIR is set ok. >> For DBLANG I have tryed a lot of options but I get always that same message. > >Did you recently install some tool such as 4GL, ESQL/C, ISQL? These >MUST be installed BEFORE the engine in all versions prior to 7.30 if >the version numbers are the same as or higher than the engine and EVEN >in 7.30 if the version numbers are lower than the engine. > >If you have done such an install re-install the IDS tape/CD and rerun >the installation script. It looks to me like the tool you installed >has overwritten the message files with older version that are missing >some essential message the engine needs to come online. > >Art S. Kagel