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=Identify the Informix tcp service name =

==Unix Database Servers==

# Login to your Unix database server as the Informix user.
# Ensure the Informix environment is properly set.
# Execute this command: 
{{{
echo $INFORMIXSERVER
}}}
# Execute this command: 
{{{
more $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts
}}}
# Look for the line that begins with the {{{$INFORMIXSERVER}}} value, and note the value that appears in the fourth column. This is your service name.

==Windows Database Servers==

# Login to your Windows database server.
# Open an MS-DOS command prompt.
# Run this command: 
{{{
regedit
}}}
# Drill down to 
{{{
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
   SOFTWARE\
      INFORMIX\
         SQLHOSTS
}}}
# Look for the value passed to Service. This is  your service name.