Re: Unable to Connect to Database Server

Posted in 1996

Martin How — Wed, 15 May 96 17:29:40 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <31936385.46D9@agcs.com> tomasr@agcs.com "Roger Tomas" writes: > Rajendra Singh wrote: > > > > What would cause an application not to be able to connect to the > > database server? For example, when I go into "dbaccess" and choose > > "Connect" (or "Query-language") and press ENTER it says "Running ..." > > and just sits there (without allowing me to select a database). > Version 5 requires the /etc/hosts on the server to know about the name and IP address of the calling client (See other posts). Lack of this informatuin has this sort of effect. It also locks up the sqlexecd on the server. -- Martin How