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nodejs-db-informix
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By any means, this is not completely ready yet.
Download and install informix (supported version 11.5).
Download and install CSDK.
It is assumed that informix is installed at /opt/informix, adjust approriately.
(by default IBM installs informix at /opt/IBM/informix)
INFORMIXDIR='/opt/informix'
INFORMIXSERVER='__MyInformixServer__'
ONCONFIG="onconfig.${INFORMIXSERVER}"
INFORMIXSQLHOSTS="${INFORMIXDIR}/etc/sqlhosts.${INFORMIXSERVER}"
INFORMIXLIBDIR="${INFORMIXDIR}/lib"
INFORMIXLIBS=${INFORMIXLIBDIR}
for d in c++ cli client client/csm csm dmi esql ; do
if [[ -d "${INFORMIXLIBDIR}/${d}" ]]; then
INFORMIXLIBS=${INFORMIXLIBS}:${INFORMIXLIBDIR}/${d}
fi
done
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${INFORMIXLIBS}
PATH=${INFORMIXDIR}/bin:${PATH}
IFMX_HISTORY_SIZE=10000
export INFORMIXSERVER INFORMIXDIR ONCONFIG INFORMIXSQLHOSTS LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH IFMX_HISTORY_SIZE
Make sure Informix is running. Test that its accepting connections.
$ dbaccess sysmaster -
$ npm install nodejs-db-informix
Or to install the package globally
$ sudo npm install nodejs-db-informix -g
NOTE: global install will fail if INFORMIXDIR and above mentioned environment
variables in pre-reqs are not setup for root user.
$ node-waf distclean configure build
-or- if you're using node-gyp
$ node-gyp clean configure build
$ node-gyp rebuild
$ node-waf --debug distclean configure build
$ node-waf test
-or- if you're using node-gyp
$ nodejs tests/tests.js
This module is released under the [MIT License] license.
FAQs
Informix database bindings for Node.JS
We found that nodejs-db-informix demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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