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Informix (onsoctcp Protocol)

Version 24.3.9120

Informix (onsoctcp Protocol)

You can use the Informix connector from the CData Sync application to capture data from Informix and move it to any supported destination. To do so, you need to add the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

Prerequisites

Before you add your Informix connector, you need to download and install the native IBM Informix JDBC driver, as follows:

  1. Download the driver from the Obtain the JDBC driver page on the IBM Informix Servers website. The download contains the following files:

    • setup.jar (this file is in the installation program)

    • doc/jdbcrel.htm

    • doc/install.txt

    Note: The documentation directory, /doc, contains the release-notes file in HTML format.

  2. Rename the setup.jar file to ifxjdbc.jar.

  3. Copy the JDBC driver into the libs directory.

    • Microsoft Windows: C:\ProgramData\CData\sync\libs

    • UNIX or Mac OS X: ~/cdata/sync/libs

Add the Informix Connector

To enable Sync to use data from Informix, you first must add the connector, as follows:

  1. Open the Connections page of the Sync dashboard.

  2. Click Add Connection to open the Select Connectors page.

  3. Click the Sources tab and locate the Informix (onsoctcp Protocol) row.

  4. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Informix (onsoctcp Protocol) connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections.

Authenticate to Informix

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

  • Connection Name - Enter a connection name of your choice.

  • Host - Enter your IBM Informix host name.

  • Port - Enter the port number that connects to the server that hosts your Informix database. The default port value is 1526.

  • Database - Enter the name of your Informix database.

  • User - Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your Informix database.

  • Password - Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your Informix database.

Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

  1. Define advanced connection settings on the Advanced tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)

  2. Click Create & Test to create your connection.