Will Mc Donald wrote:
> I wonder if somebody can shed some light on a problem I'm having. I've been
> asked to get DBD Informix built on a linux box and it's giving me some
> greif.
>
> The client machine is running the 2.2.12-20smp kernel, perl -v outputs
> v5.6.0, I've grabbed informix_client_sdk_v2.40.uc1_2_for_intel_linux.zip
> from Informix and installed it and I'm trying to install
> DBD-Informix-1.00.PC1.
>
> The server I'm trying to connect to is Solaris 2.6 and the DB is Informix
> 7.30.UC2.
>
> /etc/services and $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts are OK. I've already searched
> the web for a solution to this so I know we need to be using the ontlitcp
> protocol on the server, and we are. The environment on the client looks
> spot-on to my eyes (I can give more details on this if needed) and I can
> rsh/rlogin to the server no problem.
Being able to rlogin is useful. It cuts out a large number of potential
problems.
> So, my problem is, why am I seeing this...
>
> Testing connection to test_db
> CONNECT TO 'test_db' with user info
> SQL: 25507: The specified service name or protocol is unknown.
You need to use oltlitcp on the Sun machine, but you need to use olsoctcp on the
Linux box. I'd be pretty confident that you are actually using oltlitcp on the
Linux box too.
If that's not the problem, then you need to get back to me via the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- by all means include
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on the response too.
> ... when I try building the software? I've tried setting the $DBI_DBNAME,
> the $DBD_INFORMIX_USER and the $DBD_INFORMIX_PASSWORD to the appropriate
> values, still the same.
>
> Does anyone know what's up? Have I missed something in the docs? Any help or
> suggestions much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will Mc Donald.
>
> Orchid Telematics Systems Administrator.
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Jonathan Leffler ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Guardian of DBD::Informix 1.00.PC1 -- see http://www.cpan.org/
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