Invoking DB-Access

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Invoking DB-Access

For more information on how to invoke DB-Access, see the following references:

To display all the menus, start DB–Access at its main menu. See Displaying the Main Menu.
To start and exit from a specific DB–Access menu or screen, see Displaying Other Menus or Options.
To execute a file that contains SQL statements without displaying the DB–Access menus, see Executing a Command File.
To type DB–Access options at the command line, without the full-screen menu interface, see Using DB-Access Interactively in Non-Menu Mode.
To check the DB–Access version or transfer nonprintable characters in hexadecimal form, see Activating the XLUF Feature for Nonprintable Characters.

Windows Only

You can set up the DB–Access program icon to perform any of the commands that this chapter shows.

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UNIX Only

If the TERM, TERMCAP, or TERMINFO environment variables do not enable DB–Access to recognize the type of terminal you use, the main menu does not appear. Instead, a message similar to the following text appears:

Unknown terminal type.

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Windows Only

If you use a Windows terminal to run DB–Access on a UNIX database server, the terminal-emulation window must emulate a terminal type that DB–Access can recognize, or the database server displays an unknown terminal-type message in the terminal-emulation window.

For more information about INFORMIXTERM and the appropriate terminal setup, see your IBM Informix: Installation Guide or the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Reference.

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Tip:

If your operating system cannot find dbaccess, place the full path before the program name, as follows:

$INFORMIXDIR/bin/dbaccess