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Informix on Linux Frequently Asked Questions With Answers Covering Informix-SE 7.24.UC5


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Kurt Wall, kwall@xmission.com

v0.4, 02 November 1998
This is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) with answers related to the installation, configuration and use of the Informix Standard Engine and the ESQL/C development tool on Linux. It should, by all means, be considered a work in progress. It attempts to address the most frequently-encountered obstacles to getting Informix-SE installed and running on Linux. It is weak in certain areas, especially with respect to ODBC and ESQL/C. It does not attempt to give the reader a primer on relational database theory. Whole careers and shelves of books are dedicated to this subject. As time goes by, I hope to add a few pointers to the most relevant of these books.

1. Introduction

  • 1.1 Revision History
  • 1.2 Disclaimer
  • 1.3 Distribution

2. Obtaining the Software

  • 2.1 Supported and unsupported platforms
  • 2.2 Register at Intraware
  • 2.3 Get the software
  • 2.4 Register at IDN
  • 2.5 Register at IIUG
  • 2.6 What's the catch?
  • 2.7 Is technical support available?

3. Installation and Configuration

  • 3.1 Pre-installation tasks
  • 3.2 Install the Software
  • 3.3 Post-installation
  • 3.4 Test the installation

4. Running Informix

  • 4.1 Starting the database engine
  • 4.2 Stopping
  • 4.3 What are these error codes?

5. Having Problems?

  • 5.1 How do I allow remote connections?
  • 5.2 What are these zombies in my process table?
  • 5.3 How do I prevent them?
  • 5.4 DBACCESS seg faults in my xterm!
  • 5.5 The port I'm supposed to use is already being used!
  • 5.6 Can I use an NFS-mounted filesystem?

6. Other Interfaces

  • 6.1 Are ODBC drivers available?
  • 6.2 Can I use JDBC?
  • 6.3 Is there a perl interface?
  • 6.4 What about PHP?

7. Running SCO Binaries

  • 7.1 Can I run SCO binaries on Linux?

8. Other Informix Products

  • 8.1 When is 4GL/D4GL/IDS/insert_product_here going to be available?

9. Miscellaneous

  • 9.1 What's the difference between SE and IDS/ODS?
  • 9.2 What's the current release?
  • 9.3 What's the difference between sqlexec and sqlexecd?
  • 9.4 Is Informix-SE "thread-safe?"
  • 9.5 Will Informix-SE run on a multi-processor machine?
  • 9.6 Is ESQL/C "thread-safe?"
  • 9.7 How do I get involved?
  • 9.8 What does "SE" stand for?
  • 9.9 Interesting Trivia

10. Additional Resources

  • 10.1 Informix's Linux Web Pages
  • 10.2 Documentation for Informix-SE
  • 10.3 Installation Instructions (HOWTOs)
  • 10.4 Related Websites
  • 10.5 Related Software
  • 10.6 Usenet
  • 10.7 Mailing Lists
  • 10.8 Informix FAQ
  • 10.9 Email me!

11. Credits


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