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Checking the Informix environment variable settings

 

Ensure that your Informix environment variables are set for queue manager processes as well as in your application processes. In particular, always set the following environment variables before starting the queue manager:

INFORMIXDIR

The directory of the Informix product installation.

• For 32-bit UNIX applications...

  export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix/32-bit

• For 64-bit UNIX applications...

  export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix/64-bit

• For Windows applications...

  set INFORMIXDIR=c:\informix

For systems that have 64-bit queue managers that must support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, we need both the Informix 32-bit and 64-bit client SDKs installed. The sample make file xaswit.mak, used for creating a switch load file also sets both product installation directories.

INFORMIXSERVER

The name of the Informix server. For example, on UNIX systems, use:

export INFORMIXSERVER=hostname_1

On Windows systems, use:

set INFORMIXSERVER=hostname_1

ONCONFIG

The name of the Informix server configuration file. For example, on UNIX systems, use:

export ONCONFIG=onconfig.hostname_1

On Windows systems, use:

set ONCONFIG=onconfig.hostname_1

 

Parent topic:

Informix configuration

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