[AccessD] Slightly OT: Database not appearing in SQL Linked Servers dialog

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Thu Apr 13 07:47:33 CDT 2006


When connecting to Oracle databases via ODBC I first have to define
the ODBC Data Source by going to Control Panel/Administrative
Tools/Data Sources(ODBC) before it shows as an option to link to.

GK

On 4/13/06, Jim DeMarco <Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org> wrote:
> We use a UNIX based claims system here and we were just provided with
> ODBC connectivity to that system that we're hoping to use on a web app
> we host for our network of doctors.  It's a BASIS database and the  OCBC
> connector is the BASIS ODBC for the Diamond System (for those familiar).
>
> We're trying to link to this using SQL Linked Servers but the ODBC will
> not appear in the SQL drop-down list of available providers in the link
> server dialog box.  The tool is registered on the server as far as we
> can tell (and on my developer's machine).  When we try to access the DB
> directly using ADO we get an error, "Unable to open socket connection".
> This leads me to believe the that it is indeed registered on one of the
> machines.  It is possible to link the BASIS system to Access and we do
> have that connectivity in place on another application.  SQL is required
> for our web app however.  It would seem to me that this should be
> possible.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything similar with this or another not too
> common driver in SQL?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim DeMarco
> Director of Application Development
> Hudson Health Plan
>
>
>
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