How to connect a informix database from my console

Posted in 2008

info@epms-le-littoral.org — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:47:03 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hello, i want to connect a informix database from my localhost to local database. I think i have to use isql but i dont know how to use it. Can you help me. I want to select some data to a text file ... thanks a lot Franck

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Carsten Haese — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:04:21 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

info@epms-le-littoral.org wrote: > Hello, > i want to connect a informix database from my localhost to local > database. I think i have to use isql but i dont know how to use it. > Can you help me. > > I want to select some data to a text file ... Why do you think you have to use isql? dbaccess should be sufficient: $ echo "unload to 'out.unl' select * from sometable"|dbaccess somedb HTH, -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net