Connecting To Informix Data Sources (Unix) - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

Chapter 4: Managing Data Sources

Connecting to Informix Data Sources (UNIX)

Before you can connect to an Informix data source through ColdFusion, you must
perform the following tasks:
1. Install the Informix ESQL.C9.13 client software.
2. Edit the following files: ColdFusion start script, SQLHOSTS, master NIS services,
and $INFORMIXDIR/etc/onconfig.
3. Stop and restart ColdFusion Server.
Installing the Informix ESQL.C9.13 Client Software
The Informix ESQL/C9.13 version client software does not ship with ColdFusion, but
you can download it from the Informix Web site:
http://www.intraware.com/guest/products/product.html?plne=000111
You can also download it from the Allaire FTP site:
ftp://www.allaire.com/incoming/CSDK.TAR.Z
You will need to uncompress, and untar this file into a separate subdirectory on your
server. For example:
as INFORMIXDIR
Run the script
Before you continue, make sure that you can connect to the Informix server from a
client other than ColdFusion or with a utility such as iconnect.
Editing the ColdFusion start script
Edit
coldfusion/bin/start
# Informix client directory
INFORMIXDIR=/opt/isdk;export INFORMIXDIR
INFORMIXSERVER=alldevtli;export INFORMIXSERVER
INFORMIXSQLHOSTS=$INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts;export INFORMIXSQLHOSTS
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/dt/lib:/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:$CFHOME/lib
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/lib:$INFORMIXDIR/lib/esql
Editing the SQLHOSTS file
Edit the sqlhosts file so that it contains the following lines:
dbserver nettype hostname service name
alldev onipcshm alldev online0
alldevtli ontlitcp alldev turbo
In these three lines:
dbserver name matches the value in your Informix server /etc/onconfig file,
and also matches the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable in your
coldfusion/bin/start
. This is the directory you will point to in the start script
/opt/isdk
install the client SDK.
installclientsdk to
script so that it contains the following lines:
script.
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