HPL_DYNAMIC_LIB_PATH

default value

$INFORMIXDIR/lib/ipldd09a.so

range of values

Any valid directory, plus ipldd09a.SOLIBSUFFIX. (SOLIBSUFFIX is the shared-library suffix for your operating system.)

For security reasons, you should keep all shared libraries used by the database server in directories under $INFORMIXDIR.

refer to

Rebuilding the Shared-Library File

The ipldd09a.SOLIBSUFFIX shared-library file can contain custom-code files. You can add custom drivers or custom conversion functions to this file to extend the functionality of the HPL. For more information on custom drivers, see Appendix H. Custom Drivers. For more information on custom conversion functions, see Appendix E. Custom-Conversion Functions.

Previous versions of the database server required the ipldd09a.SOLIBSUFFIX file to be installed in the /usr/lib directory on Solaris. Although you can set the value of HPL_DYNAMIC_LIB_PATH to /usr/lib, doing so creates a security risk.