Re: ODBC Driver
jobmail@my-deja.com wrote: > > I have a problem with the ODBC driver on win95, I have downloaded the > SDK and installed it. I was able to find the driver in the ODBC but > I coulnot connect to the Informix DB. It said something about > %INFORMIX%\\lib was not found. > > In addition SDK messed up my SQL editor and Table editor. Both are > part of the Informix dynamic server personal edition 7.22 for win 95. > I cannot find the DB server under the network icon when try to open the > table for editing or run a query against a DB in the SQL editor. I can > connect to the database server from DBAcess though. > > I was trying to reinstall everything many times ( Informix server and > SDK ) but unsuccesfully. I get the same errors. Does anyone know how > to install evething correctly or find the right documentation? You need to install them in different directories. Then set your INFORMIXDIR to, er, one of them. I think it's the ODBC directory. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+
I'll try it. I was thinking about it, and even tried to install it in a different dir but the installation programm showed me a warning saying that if I do it the system will be really confused... The ODBC dir is the SDK dir, is it not? Thanx. In article <8jg964$12j$1@news.xmission.com>, "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > jobmail@my-deja.com wrote: > > > > I have a problem with the ODBC driver on win95, I have downloaded the > > SDK and installed it. I was able to find the driver in the ODBC but > > I coulnot connect to the Informix DB. It said something about > > %INFORMIX%\\lib was not found. > > > > In addition SDK messed up my SQL editor and Table editor. Both are > > part of the Informix dynamic server personal edition 7.22 for win 95. > > I cannot find the DB server under the network icon when try to open the > > table for editing or run a query against a DB in the SQL editor. I can > > connect to the database server from DBAcess though. > > > > I was trying to reinstall everything many times ( Informix server and > > SDK ) but unsuccesfully. I get the same errors. Does anyone know how > > to install evething correctly or find the right documentation? > > You need to install them in different directories. Then set your > INFORMIXDIR to, er, one of them. I think it's the ODBC directory. > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+---------- -+ > | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| > | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| > | http://www.iiug.org +----------------------------------- +//// / ///| > | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| > | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| > | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+---------- -+ > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.