Informix Client Drivers on x64 Operating Systems
Hi all, we have running in a lot of trouble with 64 bits OS servers and desktops that are clients of IDS11.5x This servers have several applications (.Net apps) that are compiled as 32 bits, also we have 64 bits windows 7 desktops that use ODBC and .Net provider in 32 and 64 bits apps. The big questions is: in a 64 bits OS, wich version(s) of 'IBM Data Server Driver Package' should i install to make work 32 and 64 bits apps using ODBC and .Net providers ? If i have to install more than once package, there is a order ? or guide on how to do it ? Currently in 64 bit OS we are installing both: clientsdk.3.50.TC4DE.WIN for 32 bits OS clientsdk.3.50.FC7.WIN for 64 bits OS But we have some issues i think because of the use of PATH environment variables inside dll drivers, just a guess. Thanks! Enrique
The communications protocol with the engine are not different between the 32bit and 64 bit versions of the driver. There's no driver on the engine side anyway, so you just use whichever version on the client machines that matches the applications it has to support. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 6:39 AM, eferreyra <eferreyra@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, we have running in a lot of trouble with 64 bits OS servers > and desktops that are clients of IDS11.5x > > This servers have several applications (.Net apps) that are compiled > as 32 bits, also we have 64 bits windows 7 desktops that use ODBC > and .Net provider in 32 and 64 bits apps. > > The big questions is: in a 64 bits OS, wich version(s) of 'IBM Data > Server Driver Package' should i install to make work 32 and 64 bits > apps using ODBC and .Net providers ? > > If i have to install more than once package, there is a order ? or > guide on how to do it ? > > Currently in 64 bit OS we are installing both: > > clientsdk.3.50.TC4DE.WIN for 32 bits OS > clientsdk.3.50.FC7.WIN for 64 bits OS > > But we have some issues i think because of the use of PATH environment > variables inside dll drivers, just a guess. > > Thanks! > Enrique > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >
If you are using the CSDK-ODBC driver, you should be able to install both the 64-bit and 32-bit CSDK on the same machine and have 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC applications running on the same machine. What problem are you facing? Could you provide the exact error information/screenshot so that we could try to help on the same. If you are having existing legacy applications you could continue to use the SQLI .NET (CSDK.NET) driver or write .NET applications the MS .NET-ODBC bridge. However, this driver is not updated on latest capabilities such as VSAI & EDM. This article should give you some insight: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1007dsnetids/index.html .NET-ODBC bridge applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.odbc.aspx Regards, Raj "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." --Albert Einstein From: eferreyra <eferreyra@gmail.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org Date: 01/04/2012 05:35 PM Subject: Informix Client Drivers on x64 Operating Systems Sent by: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org Hi all, we have running in a lot of trouble with 64 bits OS servers and desktops that are clients of IDS11.5x This servers have several applications (.Net apps) that are compiled as 32 bits, also we have 64 bits windows 7 desktops that use ODBC and .Net provider in 32 and 64 bits apps. The big questions is: in a 64 bits OS, wich version(s) of 'IBM Data Server Driver Package' should i install to make work 32 and 64 bits apps using ODBC and .Net providers ? If i have to install more than once package, there is a order ? or guide on how to do it ? Currently in 64 bit OS we are installing both: clientsdk.3.50.TC4DE.WIN for 32 bits OS clientsdk.3.50.FC7.WIN for 64 bits OS But we have some issues i think because of the use of PATH environment variables inside dll drivers, just a guess. Thanks! Enrique _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list