Filepro odbc

[Rod Caddy]

Walter Vaughan wrote:
> Rod Caddy wrote:
> 
>> Walter Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>> Rod Caddy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an issue with fp_odbc, background first.  I run the program 
>>>> from a windows xp pro system but the data and programs reside on a 
>>>> win2000 server.  The access database resides on the c drive of the 
>>>> xp machine 
>>>
>>> I have never had a problem with fpODBC as long as I had a good 
>>> channel to the ODBC server. But now as I read it, it looks to me that 
>>> you are thinking that you will be using the OBDC connector on the 
>>> machine that has the ./dclerk binary on the hard disk, but instead 
>>> you need to have a ODBC connnector on the machine that has the CPU 
>>> that is executing ./dclerk
>>>
>>> If it doesn't work that way, I have a serious mis-understanding of 
>>> how filePro operates.
> 
> 
>> I think I understand what you are saying.  You are saying I need a 
>> copy of dclerk on the local pc?  If this is true, I don't understand 
>> why I have been able to run filepro from a server batch file with 
>> everything on the server.  Unless you are saying fpodbc looks 
>> differently at the system than other filepro builds.  Am I way off base?
> 
> 
> Can someone explain this more eloqently? The ODBC connector must be 
> running on the CPU that is executing the filePro binary. The filePro 
> binary could be stored on anything (e.g. a MacOSX server running SAMBA).
> 
> Using the screen that you want to run fileproODBC on, you need to make 
> sure ODBC sees your database. Click "Start", "Control Panel" (choose 
> Classic View), "Adminstrative Tools", "Data Sources (ODBC)". If you 
> don't have a connection there, fileProODBC will behave like you are 
> seeing from my experience.
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> 
I understand completely.  I know what I have to do.
Thanks for your help.


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Rod Caddy
Pro-Set Systems
rcaddy at pro-set.com