RE: Old IConnect

At 07:09 AM 2/9/00, you wrote: >Dale, > >What version of Business Objects did you install? >What error messages are you getting? Rick, Our current set-up is BusinessObjects version 4.1.4 with version 7.20 of the Informix Connect driver. It works fine on Windows 95/98/NT. But, the newest version of BusinessObjects (5.0.1) works fine with the 7.20 Informix driver on Windows 95 but not on Windows NT. According to Business Objects, version 7.23 of Informix Connect is the only supported driver with this version of BusinessObjects. When we try to connect on NT with the 7.20 driver, we get an error: "The ordinal 605 could not be located in the Dynamic Link Library ISQLT07C.DLL (SBO0009)". We've also tried using a newer driver (9.x) that was available on the Intraware site. But, this give me a different error; something about a "decimal to float conversion error". Business Objects will not field questions on this unless the error occurs with the supported middleware, and in this case that is Informix Connect 7.23. I'm hoping that 7.23 will either fix the problem. Or, if it doesn't, then I'll be able to call support. >If you are using Informix ODBC drivers, you may need to enable the >"Report Standard ODBC Types Only" in the Advanced tab when defining your >ODBC data sources. (This specification is automatically set if you run >the Informix utility to switch from the Intersolv drivers). > >Our environment is similar to yours and I want to avoid upgrade problems. >We are running IDS 7.31.UC3-1 with AIX 4.2.1 on an F50. >(We plan to upgrade to AIX 4.3.3 soon). > >Our client (NT) workstations are using Connect 2.01 and Intersolv's Informix >3.01 ODBC driver. This client software was bundled with >IDS 7.30.UC7 and some earlier IDS 7.x releases. >I do not know if it will work your new version of Business Objects. >If you have an FTP site to which it can be placed, we can send it to you. > >We are planning upgrades to Connect 2.50 and its Informix ODBC driver. >(Prior versions of the Informix drivers do not function properly with >some of our applications, which were written using MS Access97). I have >been assured that these issues will be fixed in that upcoming release. > >In any event, please keep us informed regarding how your problems are >resolved. There does not seem to be many installations where >Business Objects is used to access Informix databases. > >Rick Bernstein >ALARIS Medical Systems >San Diego, CA Dale Forrey, DBA email: forrey@wsu.edu Information Technology FAX: (509) 335-0540 Washington State University Phone: (509) 335-7098 PO Box 641222 Pullman, WA 99164-1222 ADABAS 6.2.2 on OS/390 Natural 2.2.8 Predict 3.4.1 Informix 7.31 UC3 on AIX 4.3.2 Microsoft SQL Server 6.5