17 The Informix Driver : Driver Requirements

Driver Requirements
This section provides the system requirements for using the Informix driver on all supported platforms.
Windows
To access supported remote Informix databases through the Informix driver, you need one of the following:
Use the Setnet32 utility supplied by Informix to define servers and the location of the INFORMIX directory. Use Ilogin to test your connection to the Informix server. The path to the ISQLT09A.DLL must be in your PATH environment variable.
UNIX (AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, and Solaris)
The environment variable INFORMIXDIR must be set to the directory where you have installed the Informix client.
For example, the following syntax is valid for C-shell users:
setenv INFORMIXDIR /databases/informix
For Bourne- or Korn-shell users, the following syntax is valid:
INFORMIXDIR=/databases/informix;export INFORMIXDIR
In addition, the INFORMIXSERVER variable must be set to the name of the Informix server (as defined in your $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file). For further details, refer to the Informix documentation.
To access supported remote Informix databases through the Informix driver, you need one of the following:
On AIX: Informix Client Software Development Kit version 2.2 or higher; or Informix Connect version 2.2 or higher