Hi,
       First of all a small clarification with the product versioning
that you have posted here. There is no Informix IConnect version 10.0 in
the market so far. The latest release of Informix IConnect was version
2.90 which was bundled with IDS 10.00 server. I hope you are talking about
the same product.

       Assuming that the above statement is true, there should really be
no problems about setting up a connection from a solaris box to an IDS
server on a Linux host. You can follow these simple steps --
- Configure the IDS server on the Linux box, and bring up the server using
the 'onsoctcp' protocol. A typical sqlhost file for IDS on Linux would
look like this -
       <servername>    <protocol>      <hostname/IP address> <port
number/service_name>
i.e.    test_10         onsoctcp        myhost 3478

       If you are using the service name option in the sqlhosts, you
would need to provide a corresponding entry in the file /etc/services on
both the host machines - the client and the server.

       Now install the Informix IConnect on the solaris machine, and
ensure that the sqlhosts typically matches the one that has been used for
the server, except of course the protocol. For any platform, the protocol
used in the sqlhosts file should be the one that the particular platform
understands. It is not necessary for the sqlhosts entry to be the same, in
terms of the protocol, for connectivity.
i.e.    test_10         ontlitcp                myhost 3478

       Make sure that all the applications that are going to be running
using the libraries from IConnect use this sqlhosts on the solaris box.
This should work perfectly and you should not be facing any issues at all.
The default installation location for the two products should not be a
cause of concern for you. Just so that you know - these default
installation locations can be changed and point to a more customized
location.

       Hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards,
Abhi

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Connecting (IConnect) Solaris machine to a Linux server hosting IDS

Hi there, I have a question for you smart guys.

I have Sun Solaris 9 machine where Informix IConnect 10.0 is installed.
The machine should make use of the database server (IDS 10.0) installed
on a Red Hat EL4 Linux server.

By default Linux does not provide 'rlogin' functionality, which is the
default
method used by Informix to make the connectivity. Now it is installed on
my box.

AFAIU 'sqlhosts' files are different between the two platforms (Solaris
uses
'oltlitcp' protocol, while Linux uses 'olsoctcp').

Furthermore (but don't know if this is an issue), the default Informix
install
directory is different on the wto platforms ('/usr/informix' for Solaris
VS
'/opt/informix' on Linux).

How should I configure the 'sqlhosts' file on the two boxes in order to
obtain
the connectivity?

Anyhing else I should take care of?

Any help would be really appreciated.

  Rupan3rd (Italy)
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On 11/29/05, Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote:

I am under the illusion that IDS does not use the rcmd() interface -
whatever that is - and in fact does not require the r-commands
installed on the machine to operate, unless you are doing ontape
archives to a remote device.  The communications between client and
server or between server and server use the r-commands configuration
files but that's all.  The rest is in IDS.

Do you have any evidence that the r-commands actually must be
installed for IDS to work?

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