Installing an ODBC Driver

ODBC drivers are almost always shipped with the following components:

• The ODBC driver. There may be more than one driver included in the set. This is the case with Intersolv's ODBC Data Direct pack and Microsoft Desktop Driver pack.
• The ODBC Driver manager, ODBC32.DLL.
• The ODBC Administrator, ODBCAD32.EXE, which is used to add, delete, and configure data sources.

To install an ODBC driver, run the Setup program from the CD-ROM or the diskette. If given the option of installing the Driver Manager and Administrator with version checking, do so.

After the driver is installed, an ODBC Administration icon should appear in the Control Panel. Depending on the driver and the installed ODBC components, the icon may have the 32 insignia. If the ODBC icon does not appear in the Control Panel, the driver setup program may have installed it in a separate group.

iFIX ODBC only supports 32-bit ODBC drivers. To run iFIX ODBC as a service under Windows, you must have an ODBC driver built with ODBC 2.5 or later. Refer to the Running iFIX ODBC as a Service section for more information on running iFIX ODBC as a service.

NOTE: The iFIX ODBC driver truncates the A_EGUDESC field to 4 characters, even though you are allowed to type in up to 33. Also, only uppercase characters are supported.

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