Oracle Transparent Gateway for Informix Administrator's Guide
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Heterogeneous Services Initialization Parameters

The Oracle database server init.ora parameters are distinct from heterogeneous services (HS) initialization parameters. Set Heterogeneous Services parameters in the initialization parameter file using an agent-specific mechanism, or set them in the Oracle data dictionary using the DBMS_HS package. All string values for Heterogeneous Services parameters must be lowercase.

This appendix contains information about the following Heterogeneous Services initialization parameters:

Initialization Parameter File Syntax

The syntax for the initialization parameter file is as follows:

  1. The file is a sequence of commands.

  2. Each command should start on a separate line.

  3. End of line is considered a command terminator (unless escaped with a backslash).

  4. Each command can have one of the following forms:

  5. <param> = <value>

  6. set <param> = <value>

  7. private <param> = <value>

  8. set private <param> = <value>

    where:

    <param> is an initialization parameter name.

    <value> is the initialization parameter value.

    'set' and 'private' are keywords.

  9. 'set' and 'private' are reserved keywords. You cannot use either as an initialization parameter name. The 'set' keyword indicates that the initialization parameter should be set as an environment variable in the agent. The 'private' keyword indicates that the initialization parameter should be private to the agent and should not be uploaded to the server. Most initialization parameters should not be private. If, however, you are storing something sensitive like a password in the initialization parameter file, then you may not want it uploaded to the server because the initialization parameters and values are not encrypted when uploaded. Making these initialization parameters private prevents the upload from happening.

  10. An initialization parameter name is a string of characters starting with a letter and consisting of letters, digits and underscores. Initialization parameter names are case sensitive.

  11. An initialization parameter value is either:

    1. A string of characters that does not contain any backslashes, white space or double quotation marks (")

    2. A quoted string beginning with a double quotation mark and ending with a double quotation mark. The following can be used inside a quoted string:

      • backslash (\) is the escape character

      • \n inserts a newline

      • \t inserts a tab

      • \" inserts a double quotation mark

      • \\inserts a backslash

      A backslash at the end of the line continues the string on the next line. If a backslash precedes any other character then the backslash is ignored.

If there is a syntax error in an initialization parameter file, none of the settings take effect.

HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO

Default value: 

none 

Range of values: 

not applicable  

Specifies the information needed to connect to the Informix database.

This is a required parameter, whose format is:

HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=database_name@server_name

where:

database_name is the name of the database and server_name is the name of the server machine for the Informix data.

The entries for both the server_name and database_name are case-sensitive.

If you specify only database_name, omitting server_name, the gateway binds to the database residing on the local Informix server (as specified in the environment variable INFORMIXSERVER).

HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT

Default value: 

RECOVER 

Range of values: 

any valid userid 

Specifies the name of the recovery account used for the commit-confirm transaction model. An account with user name and password must be set up at Informix. For more information about the commit-confirm model, see the HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL parameter.

HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD

Default value: 

RECOVER 

Range of values: 

any valid password 

Specifies the password of the recovery account used for the commit-confirm transaction model set up at Informix. For more information about the commit-confirm model, see the HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL parameter.

HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL

Default value: 

off 

Range of values: 

off, on 

Specifies whether error tracing is turned on or off for gateway connectivity.

The following values are valid:

HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL

Default value: 

COMMIT_CONFIRM 

Range of values: 

COMMIT_CONFIRM, READ_ONLY, or SINGLE_SITE 

Specifies the type of transaction model that is used when the Informix database is updated by a transaction.

The following values are possible:


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