By any means, this is not completely ready yet.

Pre-req (Setup and configure Informix)

Download and install informix (supported version 11.5). Download and install CSDK. It is assumed that informix is installed at /opt/informix, adjust approriately. (by default IBM installs informix at /opt/IBM/informix)

INFORMIXDIR='/opt/informix'
INFORMIXSERVER='__MyInformixServer__'
ONCONFIG="onconfig.${INFORMIXSERVER}"
INFORMIXSQLHOSTS="${INFORMIXDIR}/etc/sqlhosts.${INFORMIXSERVER}"

INFORMIXLIBDIR="${INFORMIXDIR}/lib"
INFORMIXLIBS=${INFORMIXLIBDIR}

for d in c++ cli client client/csm csm dmi esql ; do
    if [[ -d "${INFORMIXLIBDIR}/${d}" ]]; then
        INFORMIXLIBS=${INFORMIXLIBS}:${INFORMIXLIBDIR}/${d}
    fi
done

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${INFORMIXLIBS}

PATH=${INFORMIXDIR}/bin:${PATH}
IFMX_HISTORY_SIZE=10000

export INFORMIXSERVER INFORMIXDIR ONCONFIG INFORMIXSQLHOSTS LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH IFMX_HISTORY_SIZE

Make sure Informix is running. Test that its accepting connections.

$ dbaccess sysmaster -

Install

$ npm install nodejs-db-informix

Or to install the package globally

$ sudo npm install nodejs-db-informix -g

NOTE: global install will fail if INFORMIXDIR and above mentioned environment variables in pre-reqs are not setup for root user.

Build

$ node-waf distclean configure build

-or- if you're using node-gyp

$ node-gyp clean configure build
$ node-gyp rebuild

Debug

$ node-waf --debug distclean configure build

Test

$ node-waf test

-or- if you're using node-gyp

$ nodejs tests/tests.js

License

This module is released under the MIT License.