OpenLink ODBC Driver for Informix (Express Edition) Pre-Installation Requirements

Pre-Installation Requirements for Windows Clients

DBMS Requirements

You need to know a variety of information pertaining to your Informix DBMS:

• Informix Instance Startup Mode (Sockets or Shared Memory)
  
• Database Server Hostname or IP Address
  
• Informix TCP Port Number
  
• Database Name
  
• Informix Instance Name

Software Requirements

• You need to ensure that you have a functional JVM (JAVA installation). You can obtain this software from Sun Microsystem's http://www.java.com Website.

Configuration Requirements

• Ensure that the directory containing the jvm.dll is included in the %PATH% System Environment Variable --
  
  1. Start menu" -> Control Panel -> System
     
  2. Select the Advanced tab
     
  3. Select the Environment Variables button
     
  4. Locate and select the environment variable named PATH in the System variables area
     
  5. Click Edit, which will bring up a new dialog containing Variable name and Variable value fields
     
  6. If the path to the "jvm.dll" directory is not already included in the existing value, append it to the end of the existing "Variable value" field, taking care not to delete anything that is already present. Typically you should be appending text along the lines of
     
     

     
     ;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\client
     

     
     
     • NOTE 1: Multiple paths are delimited by a semi-colon, ';'
       
     • NOTE2: You should specify the path to the directory containing "jvm.dll" only -- do not include the file name.
       
  7. Finally, select OK to accept the changes.

Proceed to Installation Documentation: Install & Configure Informix Express Edition Drivers (Windows)