I have Informix version 11.50 installed on my Windows machine. According to this link, in order to start the server, it should be done through Windows services, look for Informix IDS - instance_name. It is supposed to start when Windows is started up, but for my case it is not, and it wasn't started. Thus I start it up manually by double clicking on it, and it prompt me an error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
timely fashion.
May I know is there any solution in order to start up the local Informix DB on windows?
You will have to check what went wrong in Informix log. It is located in Informix dir and has server name with .log extension (for example c:\informix\ol_test.log). In this file there is information about running server like:
12:42:36 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started.
Check this file and give us more details if you will not know how to solve reported problems.
Installation of Informix in Windows Vista has been failed. Due to the reason this Informix thing is not able to uninstall and not even allow me to configure a database. Even though I have manually delete the whole folder from Program Files, when trying to install a new copy of Informix, it prompt me the "Invalid ISV name" thing which I totally running out of clue with.
I found a post mention that Vista is not a good platform for Informix. Forget about Windows as a Server a.k.a. WAAS.
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So I have successfully installed Oracle DB 19c and connected it to Oracle SQL Developer. I am able to create tables and run queries. Furthermore, I can connect to ADW with both python and SQL Developer and any changes that I commit are seen in all locations. I am trying to connect the ADW database to Power BI. I am running all this on a personal Windows 10 Pro laptop with plenty of SSD & RAM.
In a new window of Power BI I click Get Data and then Oracle Database followed by Connect. When I do this I get a pop up that says:
The recommended provider ('Oracle.DataAccess.Client') is not installed. You can continue with your current provider, however it has been deprecated and may not work correctly.
I clock OK. Enter my Server as the TNS Name that I have used for my python and SQL Developer instances. In my ADW database, I have a table called TEST. It's a simple table with 1 column with the years 2015 through 2020 in it. Been using this to test to see if things are working. So I click on the DirectQuery and run the SQL statement SELECT * FROM TEST under the Advanced options menu and select OK. A sign in window pops up and I select the Database table and enter my correct ADW username and password. The same one that I can use to access this table from SQL Developer and then select Connect. When I do, I get this error:
Details: "The provider being used is deprecated: 'System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.'. Please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=272376 to install the official provider."
So I go to the website and download the ODAC122011_x64 file from Oracle and unzip it. When I double click the setup.exe file inside the directory I get a yes/no user control account menu and I select yes and then a command prompt window flashes very quickly and then nothing happens. I ran a super slow motion capture from my phone to capture what the command window showed and below is what I see:
Starting Oracle Universal Starter...
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 color Higher than 256 . Actual 4294967290 Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from C:\Users\<my username>\AppData\Local\Temp\OraInstall2020 09:20_09-04 {???}
Please wait .._
It does nothing after this I have tried running the oui.exe file under the install subdirectory and get nothing and I have tried running the install.exe file in Oracle Universal Installer that I acquired when installing Oracle DB 19c and I get the following error when I target the install.exe file for installation:
OUI-10118:C/Users/{my username}/Downloads/ODAC122011_x64/Setup.exe is either a directory or a corrupt file. Specify a valid filename.
This is a file that I just directly downloaded from Oracle's website and unzipped to a directory with no spaces in the directory location. I have the latest version of Java installed (JDK 15).
I am not sure the proper work around here. Why can't I get my Power BI to connect to my Oracle ADW table using the methods described in this article. Those are the instructions that I used. It appears that I need this ODAC application but I don't understand why it won't install.
Can anyone help me resolve this issue? Thanks!
Edit: I am using 64-bit on each application.
Update: Still having issues. I checked the log and this is what I am seeing:
Using paramFile:
C:\Oracle\Oracle_PowerBI_ODAC\ODAC122011_x64\install\oraparam.ini
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors. Actual 4294967296 Passed
The number of files bootstrapped for the jre is 0.
The number of files bootstrapped for the oui is 0.
the client version need not match the server version, Removing all other versions, and making sure that I had the x64 version,
You need the latest ODP.net library to use Oracle. Please download it here:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/utilsoft-086879.html
I figured out the solution after reviewing this post. Apparently having over 2TB of free space on a hard drive causes this problem. You have to go into command prompt and create a temporary file to get your free space under 2TBs using something like this:
fsutil file createnew temp_1TB_file 1200000000000
Run the setup.exe again and then delete the temp file after.
Update: After doing all this I still was running into the same issues in Power BI. Then I read the troubleshooting notes from this page more closely and realized that I might have found the problem when it said:
If you downloaded Power BI Desktop from the Microsoft Store, you might be unable to connect to Oracle databases because of an Oracle driver issue.
I uninstalled the PowerBI Desktop that I had installed from Microsoft Store and installed it from the download from its website and tried connecting to Oracle ADW again through PowerBI and IT WORKED!!! So much troubleshooting but it finally works!
I have deployed a PB App created with PB12.5 Classic. Its a PB winform app. I have managed to deployed it on a test unit to test its performance. I have created a custom runtime packager.
this runtime packager that i have created consists of basic PB runtime DLL, which is the PBDWE125.dll, PBSHR125.dll PBSNC125.dll, PBVM125.dll as per sybase's instruction in infocenter.sybase.com.
i have also packaged microsoft dlls which is the atl71.dll, libjcc.dll, libjtml.dll, msvcp71.dll, msvcp100.dll, msvcr71.dll, msvcr100.dll and nlwnsck.dll.
all of these dlls are installed in C:\Program Files\Sybase\Shared\PowerBuilder.
my problem is, my PB app is running BUT WHEN I TRY TO ESTABLISH CONNECTION my database server it prompt "Transaction not Connected"
is it the PBSNC problem? i tried registering it using regsvr32 and it didnt work. i have used PB runtime packager but still no luck. i have tried the app path registry and link it to the directory stated above and still no luck...
my question is
is there anything that i can do to make this work?
win 7 has c++ runtime libraries installed already right?
what can be the cause of "transaction not connected" error
what can i do to make it work?
note:
i have user access to the database server
i can access the database server
the app is working when the PB IDE is installed
please enlighten me! thank you :D
Does the computer that the app is deployed to have the SQL Server Native Client runtime installed? (I'm assuming you're using SQL Server because you mention PBSNC125.dll.) Here's some info from a blog post I wrote a while back (I was using PB 12 and SQL Server 2008, so things may be different for you.)
Files Required
On your client machines, in addition to the PB runtimes (including PBSNC120.dll, which is for SQL Server), you also need to install the SQL Server Native Client runtime. These come as an msi installer package from Microsoft. When you install the SQL Server client, you'll need to do so as an administrator. Otherwise you'll get a cryptic error message along the lines of "0: -1".
There's a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of the runtime. The 64-bit version won't run on a 32-bit version of Windows and vice versa.
Footnote: My project used PowerBuilder Classic version 12.1 and SQL Server 2008
"Transaction not connected" usually comes from a DataWindow being given a transaction object that isn't connected to the database. It sounds like there isn't much error trapping when you connect to the database, and you're getting a down stream symptom. You need to add error checking to your CONNECT routine, and that will give you more clues as to what is going on.
One of the more common problems with connections on deployment is when programs try to read connection parameters from an INI file, and on deployment the app can't find the INI file, so with no error checking on reading the INI, the program is trying to connect with an empty transaction object and fails. However, the information you've given us is too late to have any clues whether that is the problem or not.
I have a very simple question. After installing Informix (iif.12.10.FC2DE.win2003.zip) on my computer, the database system seems to be running.
How can I access it? I even installed Server Studio (serverstudio_w_sentinel_win_9.1.10397.zip), but all frontends ask for so many things (what is the difference between host ans server, btw), and I don't know what to enter.
I have a lot of experience with HP-SQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL (all on Unix/Linux). In PostgreSQL, you just enter psql on the command line as the user postgres and create users and databases.
There is a bit of a missing link. Can anybody help me with this? Unfortunately, the computer runs Windows 8, so there is no helpful Start Menu.
Thanks in advance!
I never installed Informix at Windows 8 , AFAIK should not be different of any other windows.
First, as common knowledgment the "pre-configured" and basic access to Informix database is with an utility called dbaccess , you can compare it with sqlplus from Oracle, mysql from MySQL and psql from Postgre.
It run only in CUI mode, but something as "ncurses like" based on menus (it isn't by self a command line like the others mentioned)
So, answering the question , to start the basic access with dbaccess you should open the Informix Command Line which is a shortcut what should have been created during the installation at you windows Informix Apps Menu.
Logged with Informix , at Start menu, you should have access to Apps menu clicking at the lower arrow at the bottom of the screen.
Look for Informix command line icon, it's a shortcut to .bat very specify to your instance configuration, this file will define the informix environment variables (INFORMIXSERVER, PATH, etc) and open the prompt to you.
Then just type dbaccess and voila , there is...
At windows 7 you need run this command line as administrator (right click on icon and choose the administrator option). Not sure if Windows 8 is the same...
Basically that's all...
But I always see windows users "up theirs noses" to dbaccess because it isn't friendly for a windows user, since it run at command line and windows command line is very limited if compared with any *nix shell.
Now if you ask for any informix user at Unix/Linux world the history is different...
So, alternatives graphics tools to access Informix like DBeaver, ServerStudio, SquirrelSQL, DbVisualizer, etc... you must know some configurations of your instance:
Looking from client point of view, for a TCP/IP connection, you must know :
INFORMIX SERVER : Is the name of your instance/engine (not database) and is directly associated to the instance listeners.
One instance can have multiples names (listeners) and one machine can have multiple instances running simultaneously. At basic install and with auto configuration you probably will found only one name, something like ol_#####.
For oracle this is similar of ORACLE_SID .
if you open your Informix command line, you can discovery this typing echo %INFORMIXSERVER%
HOSTNAME : The hostname/IP of the machine where is the engine.
This can be the localhost/127.0.0.1 but depends if it was configured ant the listeners of the engine. Probably will be the hostname of your windows..
SERVICE NAME : this is the network service configuration / port number for TCP/IP listener.
This can be a number or the name, if you use the name, then you need configure the services file. Probably you will find it at: c:\windows\system32\Drivers\etc\services
PROTOCOL : There a few options here, but by default use the onsoctcp, unless you configure/choose other like Data Driver (DR).
DATABASE NAME : This is will be the default database used by the connection, if you don't have anyone set to "sysmaster" which is the mainly database of the engine.
but don't play with it! it is like SYS/SYSTEM database for Oracle...
USER/PASSWORD : By default Informix uses OS authentication, so only users which exists at Windows will able to login at the database (of course, they will need the grants to access databases, tables, etc).
This is a connection string for a JDBC client (like SquirrelSQL) :
jdbc:informix-sqli://<host_name>:<port_number>/<database_name>:INFORMIXSERVER=<server_name>
If you like to know more information about the network configured at your instance/engine check this :
SetNet32 : the utility specify for Windows which configure the listeners used by the engine.
(this is only for windows where they use windows registry to save the information. At *nix world is used the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file or any other pointed by $INFORMIXSQLHOSTS file).
ONCONFIG : the mainly configuration file of your engine, located at %INFORMIXDIR%/etc/onconfig.%INSTANCENAME% .
inside it, look for DBSERVERNAME, DBSERVERALIASES
For more information you can look at online informix Manual : http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/informix/v121/index.jsp or download the PDFs (you will find the link to download at the main page of this link)
DBeaver and SquirrelSQL
This tools are FREE Java I-SQL where both works fine with Informix.
DBeaver have an advantage , it's automatically download and install the JDBC driver for you.
For SquirrelSQL you need setup it manually (but isn't hard).
When you install informix there is an option for install default instance and at the end you can choose if want start it and open command line or not. If you select yes a command line will be prompted and you'll can access to bin folder and type
dbaccess.exe
(bin folder usually is in your informix instalation folder)
Now you can manage your informix server.
If you want create your own instance you'll can't execute dbaccess -at least you open the correct command line-. To open the correct command line you need access to your instalation folder and execute the cmd according your instance, for example myinstance.cmd, this will open a command line and now you can go to bin folder and execute 'dbaccess.exe'.
This is a very very high exaplanation but it seems to be usefull for my team.
If you need more info the #ceinmart anwer is awsome, or:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21651873
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGU8G_11.50.0/com.ibm.igmsw.doc/ids_iw_020x.htm
I'm trying to install Oracle BIEE 11g on my computer, but something wiered happend.
I've tried on a x86 computer with 2GB memory and a x64 computer with 4GB memory. Both of them are running Windows OS. I want to connect a MS-SQLSERVER database, and I've finished creating related DEV_ tables using RCU.
I followed the tutorial from the doc.oracle.com, but then I stopped at the 14th step, it says "设置数据库连接失败". I can continue install, but another error occurs, service obisch1 cannot start. I can open localhost:9704 after installation, but it will return a 500-error after I restart my computer.
I searched the internet, it says I should set my database source using "Net Manager" Tool, but I don't know how. And after install I got a database source using driver "MERANT OEM 5.3 32-BIT SQL Server Wired Protocol", but I can't make change to it, cause the system says can't find the driver...
I don't know what to do now... Anybody can help me? Thanks very much.
Well, I've kind of solved it.
I still don't know why my computer cannot find the odbc drier "MERANT OEM 5.3 32-BIT SQL Server Wired Protocol", which seems to be the reason why I can't connect to the database at the 14th step while I install OBIEE.
However, I add an odbc-connect through the system's function, I found it in the control panel.
On the other hand, the url http://localhost:7001/em and http://localhost:7001/analytics can be still accessed(after a long time, it can be accessed).
So, then I create a rpd file use my own odbc-connect, and it seems work fine.
Thanks everybody, anyway, and hopes can help
I have installed Cognos BI 8.3 on my machine, which has a Windows 7 OS 64-bit. In IBM's supported environment list for Cognos 8.3, Windows 7 is not listed. On top of that, it says the product will only integrate with 32-bit 3rd party libraries. So, you can already see that I'm already starting on a bad foot. But anyways, this is the machine I have and that is the software I got, so I decided to see if they would work together..
I installed Oracle 10g Express database also in my machine and Apache 2.2 server. Up to there no problems.
Before moving further, I copied ojdbc14.jar to cognos/.../webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib and added the Oracle database in Cognos Configuration. Tested, passed.
With the database started, the Apache server started, and Cognos started, I was successfully able to start Cognos Connection on the computer. So, it looks like the OS is not an issue.
(You can see everything I did by following the steps on this site, which since two days ago seems to be down but I'm thinking will eventually come back up)
Then I decided to try the samples, so I tried to create a data source connection from Cognos to the Oracle database. So, in the admin config console (i.e. Administer Cognos Contents > Configuration), I decided to create a new Oracle data source. I put the credentials, but BAM.. testing fails.
Fail Message:
QE-DEF-0285 The logon failed.
QE-DEF-0323 The DSN(ODBC)/ServiceName is invalid. Either the DSN is missing or the host is inaccessible.
RQP-DEF-0068 Unable to connect to at least one database during a multi-database attach to 1 database(s) in:
testDateSourceConnection
UDA-SQL-0031 Unable to access the "testDataSourceConnection" database.
UDA-SQL-0532 Data Source is not accessible: "XE".
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
RSV-SRV-0042 Trace back:
...
From what I have researched, it could be a number of things, but nothing seems to work. Here is what I tried:
Adding ODBC driver. Added the Oracle XE driver, even making sure it was done in the 32-bit ODBC manager (i.e. Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe). That didn't work.
Added ORACLE_HOME, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and TNS_ADMIN to my environment variables.
tnsping'ed the XE database and it the ping returned ok.
There are no tnsnames.ora duplicates in the computer.
I tried and I am able to connect to the database via sqlplus. Did I mention that Cognos Config database test also passed?
Installed Oracle XE client. But didn't do much with it because the Oracle server is installed in the computer and also has a client component.
Has anyone come across this problem? I haven't been able to diagnose the problem or make even the slight progress for days. If you would like me to provide more information on any of the solutions I tried, please do ask. If you have a potential solution or, even better, if you have been able to solve this problem before, please let me know how!
Thanks!
One thing to keep in mind : certain portions of Cognos BI are implemented via Java and other portions are implemented via native C++ processes (the BI Bus processes)
Cognos connects to the content store database from the Java process using JDBC.
The BI Bus processes will connect to Oracle using a native oracle client.
So based on your description, I'd say that the problem area is in the native oracle client configuration (or the Cognos service's perspective of it).
You mentioned adding the ORACLE_HOME, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and TNS_ADMIN environment variables in windows, and the fact that Oracle Utilities like SQLPlus and TNSPing are working for you.
When you added the environment variables, did you add them to the SYSTEM area for environment variables or the User area...?
If you're running Cognos as a service, its going to be a child process of SERVICES.EXE, which is run as system (this process is also not restarted unless you reboot the machine).
I'd try this :
make sure the above environment variables are defined for the SYSTEM user (in the system area, not the user area)
once you've done this, reboot the machine
See if you can create the database connection now.
If that doesn't work, I'd suggest doing a "run as" of SQLPlus or TNSPING as the SYSTEM user (and see if that works).
In order to use oracle as data source, you must install 32 bit client.
64 bit client will not work.
So if you installed oracle express 64 bit, and you don't want to uninstall it,
you can just install additional 32 bit client, and make sure to set it as your default home.