Setting Environment Variables

For each user, set the following environment variables:

• Set INFORMIXDIR to the directory where you installed the database server or other IBM Informix products.
• Set the PATH environment variable to include INFORMIXDIR/bin as follows:
  • C shell:

    setenv PATH${INFORMIXDIR}/bin:${PATH}

  • Bourne shell:

    PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/bin:$PATH
    export PATH

  You must set INFORMIXDIR and add INFORMIXDIR/bin to the PATH for each user.

• Set INFORMIXSERVER to specify the default database server to which DB–Access or an SQL API client makes an explicit or implicit connection.
• Set ONCONFIG to the name of the active onconfig configuration file.
• If using a local or language other than the default, set:
  • CLIENT_LOCALE to specify a nondefault locale.
  • DBLANG to specify the subdirectory of INFORMIXDIR that contains the customized language-specific message files that IBM Informix products use.
  • Set DB_LOCALE
  • Set SERVER_LOCALE
• Set INFORMIXSQLHOSTS to specify the file that contains the sqlhosts information.
• Set INFORMIXTERM to specify whether DB–Access should use the information in the termcap file or the terminfo directory.

  On character-based systems, the termcap file and terminfo directory determine terminal-dependent keyboard and screen capabilities, such as the operation of function keys, color and intensity attributes in screen displays, and the definition of window borders and graphic characters.

• Set INFORMIXDIR/lib and any of the INFORMIXDIR/lib subdirectories to specify the shared-library path. The shared-library path environment variable specifies the library search path and is platform-dependent.

  Platform	Environment Variable
  AIX	LIBPATH
  HP-UX	SHLIB_PATH
  Solaris and most other platforms	LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  For example, on Solaris, set this environment variable as follows:

  • Bourne shell:

    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  • C shell:

    setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH${INFORMIXDIR}/lib:
    \${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}