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Environment Variables for Network Connections

The INFORMIXCONTIME (connect time) and INFORMIXCONRETRY (connect retry) environment variables are client environment variables that affect the behavior of the client when it is trying to connect to a database server. Use these environment variables to minimize connection errors caused by busy network traffic.

If the client application explicitly attaches to shared-memory segments, you might need to set INFORMIXSHMBASE (shared-memory base). For more information, refer to How a Client Attaches to the Communications Portion.

The INFORMIXSERVER environment variable allows you to specify a default dbservername to which your clients will connect.

For more information on environment variables, see the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Reference.

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