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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Informix over NFS
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.080751.7629@erbe.se>
Date: 26 Feb 91 08:07:51 GMT
References: <1991PMSat.23.2644@dircon.co.uk>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jakobsberg, Sweden
Lines: 22

In article <1991PMSat.23.2644@dircon.co.uk> uaa1006@dircon.co.uk (Peter Miles) writes:

>I'm trying to access a database using Informix R4GL and SQL version
>2.10.03F. The database (.dbs) directory is actually on an NFS-mounted
>directory, but the informix executables and the 4gl code is held
>directly on my own machine.

>Anyway, whenever I try to access the database, I get errors:
>In SQL it says: 
>
>        329: Database not found or no system permission
>        22: Invalid argument

Informix actually checks whether the file system you're using is local
or mounted via NFS. If it is located on some other machine, it gives up.
The database engine has to be run on the same machine as the file system.
So, the "fix" is to install Informix/Net (is it available yet?).

-- 
Robert Claeson

Disclaimer: I represent myself and not my employer.


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