IBM 000-8697 User Manual

Utilities

If you are loading a database from

IBM I

nformix

SE

 into an OnLine

environment, check that you set the

SQLEXEC

 environment variable to

 (to specify the OnLine database server).

You can display the software version number by executing dbimport -V.

A file of messages called dbimport.out is created in the current directory. The
dbimport.out

 file contains any error messages and warnings related to

 processing. The same material is also written to the standard

output unless you specify the -q option.

You can use the OnLine syntax database@dbservername to specify the database.
Specifying a database server name allows you to choose a database on
another server as your current database if you have installed

IBM I

nformix

STAR

.

If you specify -c, dbimport does not interrupt processing unless one of the
following fatal errors occurs:

■

Failure to open the tape device specified

■

Bad writes to the tape or disk

■

Invalid command parameters

■

Inability to open the database specified

■

Incorrect

UNIX

 file or directory permissions

instructs dbimport to complete importing unless fatal errors
occur.

suppresses display (to the standard output) of error messages
and warnings.

specifies the name of the database you intend to create.

dbimport

Input File

Location

p.

Create

Options

p.

-c

-q