Carlos Perez wrote:

> Hello I have the following problem.
>
> Due an old program limitation the size of the servername can no be
> larger than 6 characters in the client and the server is a corporative
> Database used by several sistems to the same server.
>
> The client sqlhosts is:
>
> pro699 onsoctcp lrazu01 prod_699
>
>
> And the server has:
> prod_699 group - - i=699
> prod_699shm onipcshm lrazu01 prod_699shm
> g=prod_699
> prod_699tcp ontlitcp lrazu01 prod_699
> g=prod_699
>
> Is there any way to tell the client and the server that pro699
> correspond to prod_699tcp,
>
> Thanks
>
> Carlos Perez
> cgpp@hotmail.com

You can an ALIAS name to your database server (named pro699) by filling the DBSERVERALIAS entry in $ONCONFIG.
You'll have to setup server side $INFORMIXSQLHOSTS and restart the engine.

Regards