| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] IBPhoenix ODBC drivers not working with iOBDC under Linux |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2003-12-16T22:37:51Z |
At 04:10 PM 16/12/2003 +0000, you wrote:
list. Subscription links are on the Firebird and IBPhoenix sites. iODBC
is pretty old, whereas the IBP driver is relatively recent...
to access a database that is not located on a physical drive of the host's
own filesystem. You can't connect to databases on network drives. Did you
know that you can't make a table an ODBC datasource as you can with some
desktop dbms?
Use a monitor tool to check the connection string. The connection string
must resolve to
hostname:/path/to/database (if the host & database are on POSIX)
or
hostname:drivename:\path\to\database (if the host & database are on Win32)
/heLen
>Has anyone ever made it to get the IBPhoenix ODBC drivers to work withThe best place to inquire about that would be on the firebird-odbc-devel
>iOBDC under Linux???
>
>It seems to me they are not compatible.
list. Subscription links are on the Firebird and IBPhoenix sites. iODBC
is pretty old, whereas the IBP driver is relatively recent...
>I get the following two error messages at the same time:This is a driver message
>
>"Invalid Connection String attribute"
>and thenThis is a server message
>"File is not a valid database"
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.Both messages suggest either a bad connection string or that you are trying
to access a database that is not located on a physical drive of the host's
own filesystem. You can't connect to databases on network drives. Did you
know that you can't make a table an ODBC datasource as you can with some
desktop dbms?
Use a monitor tool to check the connection string. The connection string
must resolve to
hostname:/path/to/database (if the host & database are on POSIX)
or
hostname:drivename:\path\to\database (if the host & database are on Win32)
/heLen