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TJ Mann
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we have old old informix DB which we need to see if we can extract data into CSV format. does anyone have any informix DB experience here ? i just to see if i can login and extract data into .csv format.
John Henley
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What version? You should be able to get an ODBC/OLE DB provider hooked up to it.
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TJ Mann
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we don't even know how to login to informix. all i know for now, it resides under AIX box.

so i will need username/passwd/servername in order to get some sort of info from there ?

i believe, 15 years ago, lawson was ran under informix.
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Wow, you're taking me way back in time...
Do you know if the Informix software is installed?
When informix is installed it should have an env variable $INFORMIXDIR pointing to the installed location (/usr/informix by default).
Under $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ there are "onconfig" files that will help you determine the configuration.

If you can find that you might be lucky...

As for the database, there were a number of ways to store Informix data, from raw disk to container files, etc....what do you see for your old database?
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