Re: Format of DBPATH setting for Informix SE 7.x for Windows95

Joerg Spilker wrote: > > Hi, > > can someone please tell me the correct format of the DBPATH setting > for the Windows 95 version of Informix SE. > > The doc's state to use UNC notation with forward slashes. Ok, this > works. > > But how do i just include a local drive letter in the DBPATH setting. > i tried DBPATH=d:\\informix\\databases and DBPATH=d:/informix/databases > and it gives a "server local\\d not defined in sqlhost" when trying to > connect to the database. > > Please help. > > Greetings, Joerg Hello, There are two ways to do this : 1-) - you share the diroctory that you want to use as a DBPATH - you use that name as the value of DBPATH Example: If your diroctory --> d:\\db and your machine-name --> Joerg After you make "db" shared as db, your DBPATH would be "\\\\Joerg\\db" You may use the same way to set "Log file path". 2-) instead of "d:\\db" use "d$\\db" .Informix says so. Based on my experience I can say that this method does not work. The best thing is to use first one. Bye... -- Ozlem Atmaca Tel: +90 216 3275003 Technical Support Engineer Fax: +90 216 3264882 Login Bilgisayar A.S Istanbul/Turkey