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From: jfiglik@informix.com (James R. Figlik)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Informix over NFS
Keywords: Informix I-Net NFS
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.144458.4585@informix.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 14:44:58 GMT
Expires: March 15, 1991
References: <1991PMSat.23.2644@dircon.co.uk> <1991Feb26.080751.7629@erbe.se>
Sender: Jim Figlik
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Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
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In article <1991Feb26.080751.7629@erbe.se> prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) writes:
> 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?).

According to my product listing it is still available (2.10.03 is the
previous version).

Jim
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