9iAS and Informix jdbc driver

Question

Hi,
How do I configure 9iAS release 2 data source to access Informix database using Invformix JDBC driver? Has any one done it and can share the procedure?
Sam

Answer 1

Samir -
I've not done this, but this is the general idea.
btw - we ship the DataDirect JDBC drivers with 9iAS to facilitate connections to other databases such as DB2, SS, Informix, etc.
What you want to do is:
a) Take the JDBC library you wish to use and put it into the j2ee/home/lib directory (bounce the server since this directory is read at startup time and the classpath constructed. Dynamic additions are not picked up)
b) Define an emulated datasource in the j2ee/home/config/data-sources.xml file using the driver class and specific URL connection string for the JDBC driver you want to use:
<data-source
class="com.evermind.sql.DriverManagerDataSource"
name="InformixDS"
location="jdbc/if/CoreDS"
xa-location="jdbc/if/xa/XADS"
ejb-location="jdbc/if/DS"
connection-driver="informix.some.packaged.JDBCDriver"
username="scott"
password="tiger"
url="jdbc:informix:....."
/>
** the connection-driver and URL attributes will be determined by the specific JDBC driver you are using
c) Use the datasource like any other data source at this point - you should be able to lookup the datasource using the location entries and get a connection.
If you are using the Oracle9iAS environment as opposed to the standalone environment, then the same set of tasks should be applied using the facilities provided (ie the EM console) by that distribution.
-steve-