(OT) IBM DB2 Client installation problem

[vennirajan]

Dearest Monks,

I have a problem in installing the IBM DB2 client. This is what the error message says,

$> db2 catalog tcpip node ECOMTEST remote ecmdbt01.shaklee.com server 
+60000
db2flacc: symbol lookup error: db2flacc: undefined symbol: sqlogmblkEx
SQL0965W  There is no message text corresponding to SQL warning "512" 
+in the
message file on this workstation.  The warning was returned from modul
+e "
" with original tokens "".

Has any one faced this problem? Please help me in this regard. I am sticking with this issue for the past two days?

Regards,
S.Venni Rajan.
"A Flair For Excellence."
                 BK Systems.

2006-05-05 Retitled by Corion, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'IBM DB2 Client installation problem'

[castaway]

This doesnt seem to be a perl problem at all, or were you trying to install DBD::DB2?

Anyway, the error you got means that somehow it cant find the localised version of the error message for SQL1512N, which is this:

SQL1512N 
ddcstrc could not write to the specified file. 
Explanation: 

ddcstrc was not able to write the trace information to the filename th
+at it has been instructed to write to. 
User Response: 

Ensure that the filename specified is valid for your file system. If a
+ filename is not specified, ensure that you have the necessary permis
+sion to write to the default file ddcstrc.tmp.

At a wild guess, it's trying to write to ~/sqllib/db2dump/db2diag.log, but it could be some other thing..

C.

[vennirajan]

Dear castaway,
Thanks for your reply,
I have tried by giving the full permissions to the user db2inst1 towards the /home/db2inst1 directory. But still i am getting this error. Any hint ?

[Tanktalus]

First off, your problem has nothing to do with perl. There are many good places to get DB2 help: comp.databases.ibm-db2 from your local ISP's newsserver (or via google), IBM has its own newsserver (news.software.ibm.com) which has DB2 groups on it, and IBM's developerworks has some forums, too, that are heavily monitored. I suggest going to one of these places (the first one is the easiest to go to, IMO). Or, if you're stuck, you can always open a PMR with IBM. I've heard good reports about IBM's help in situations like this.

Second, it looks like you applied a fixpack and didn't follow the fixpack readme instructions. I would be more than happy to help you out with this - but only if you post to an appropriate forum. I don't think most of the monks are interested in this discussion, nor should they be.

If, for example, you're having a hard time finding the readme, I'd give you the URL. But only in a DB2 newsgroup or forum. There's no need to pollute PM with such off-topic questions where there are perfectly good places where this would be completely on-topic.