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[Steven Orton <sorton9999 AT usa.net>]

  I figured it out!! I now have data coming at me using both the freeTDS and
the OpenLink drivers:)  Merry Christmas to me !!  Anyway, I think it's the
classic case of both the manager and the driver looking for its expected
token-value pairs.  I did what you asked and consulted the manual to find the
page about "ODBC-only" connections and voila, it works.
  Actually I did NOT figure IT out, I figured out how to follow directions!!

  Thanks a lot and Happy Holidays....steve---


"Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com> wrote:

> > From: Steven Orton [mailto:sorton9999 AT usa.net]
> > Sent: December 24, 2003 11:49 AM
> > 
> >   Now I'm getting a little confused already.  Isn't it the 
> > driver manager that
> > dictates the way in which these files are read and what 
> > token-value pairs it's
> > looking for?  The entry "ServerType" in my odbc.ini file 
> > refers to an entry in
> > OpenLink's openlink.ini file which then tells where the 
> > database is.  Since I
> > am using OpenLink's manager, isn't that what is expected?
> 
> I'm not familiar with that DM (and not all that well versed in DMs in
> general).  If so, I'll have to rewrite the documentation.  
> 
> I note:
> 
>       $ grep -c odbc.ini src/odbc/connectparams.c
>       14
> 
> >From what I see in the code, eventually whatever you're doing boils down
to
> calling SQLConnect() with a DSN.  You'll find in src/odbc/odbc.ini that
> SQLConnect() consults odbc.ini to convert the DSN into a TCP/IP address,
> possibly via a dataserver name in freetds.conf.  
> 
> For even more holiday fun, turn on TDSDUMPCONFIG and watch FreeTDS search
> its files for your server.  
> 
> HTH.  
> 
> --jkl
> > 
> > "Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com> wrote:
> > > > From: Steven Orton [mailto:sorton9999 AT usa.net]
> > > > Sent: December 24, 2003 9:01 AM
> > > > 
> > > > ****** Exception from client ******
> > > >         Connecting with: "DSN=MyFreeTDS;UID=smmttdev;PWD=smmttdev1"
> > > > 
> > > > <PDIConnection::DataConnect> -- SQL Exception: Failed to 
> > connect to
> > > > datasource: [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unable to connect to data source
> > > > SQL CMD: "SELECT * FROM vw_platform_base_params WHERE 
> > > > db_context_ID = 2"
> > > > 
> > > > <PDIResultSet::Execute> -- No valid connection!
> > > > ***********************************
> > > > 
> > > > ****** freeTDS Dump ***************
> > > > Starting log file for FreeTDS 0.62.dev.20031218
> > > >         on 2003-12-23 21:42:15 with debug level 99.
> > > > iconv to convert client-side data to the "ISO-8859-1" 
> > character set
> > > > 21:42:15.615244 tds_iconv_info_init: converting 
> > > > "ISO-8859-1"->"UCS-2LE"
> > > > 21:42:15.615272 IP address pointer is NULL
> > > > 21:42:15.615292 Server SYBASE not found!
> > > > ***********************************
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Steven Orton
sorton9999 AT usa.net
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 and it seems like an hour.
 Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it
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