The Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server provides native connectivity from Windows to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC; also known as Windows DAC) is a framework of interrelated Microsoft technologies that allows programmers a uniform and. Toad product Databases supported; Toad ® for Oracle ® 12.10: Database Server: Oracle versions 8.0.6, 8.1.7, 9i, 9i R2, 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c; Cloud database. Oracle ODBC drivers provide connectivity for Windows users.
Accessing SQL Server from Oracle with Database Gateway for ODBC (DG4. ODBC)Accessing SQL Server from Oracle with Database Gateway for ODBC (DG4.
ODBC)This tutorial shows how to integrate remote Microsoft SQL Server data with Oracle on UNIX and Linux by using DG4. ODBC with an ODBC driver for SQL Server. Connect Oracle to MS SQL Server. We used our SQL Server ODBC driver with DG4. ODBC to connect Oracle to SQL Server 2. SQL Server 2. 00. SQL Server 2. 00.
SQL Server 2. 01. SQL Server 2. 01. SQL Server 2. 01.
SQL Server Express databases. The SQL Server ODBC driver also supports earlier (SQL Server 7. The SQL Server ODBC driver provides the necessary connectivity to link Oracle with MS SQL Server on UNIX and Linux The driver also ensures SQL Server features that are useful in the context of transparent integration are available to you. For example, by handling the prerequisite client configuration for database mirroring (SQL Server’s high availability feature), the driver enables you to maintain SQL Server availability in your data integration solution. Oracle’s heterogeneous connectivity solution enables client applications to take advantage of Oracle’s underlying security features. The SQL Server ODBC driver also enables your solution to take advantage of parallel features in SQL Server, increasing the transparency of the integration. For example, you secure the Oracle database connection with Oracle Advanced Security.
Use the SQL Server ODBC driver’s built- in encryption and data integrity mechanisms to specify the same cryptographic protection for the SQL Server connection. Access MS SQL Server from Oracle on Linux/UNIXWe used our Linux SQL Server ODBC driver to access Oracle from DG4. ODBC on 3. 2- bit Cent. OS and 6. 4- bit Fedora platforms. The SQL Server ODBC driver should work with DG4. ODBC on any recent Linux distribution: Debian, Mandrake, Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL), Red. Hat, Red. Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE and Ubuntu.
The SQL Server ODBC driver is also available for 3. AIX, HP- UX and Solaris platforms. Contents. 1. 0 Introduction. DG4. ODBC interacts with Heterogeneous Services (a component built- in to Oracle) to provide transparent connectivity between Oracle and non- Oracle systems. DG4. ODBC uses an ODBC driver to access the non- Oracle system. DG4. ODBC is a replacement for the HSODBC agent shipped with Oracle 1. DG4. ODBC is included in the Oracle 1.
Oracle 1. 2c distributions. You can also download DG4.
ODBC from the Oracle Technology (OTN) Software Downloads Page. Then in the subsequent page, use the . Note that Oracle 1. DG4. ODBC (see http: //www.
If you want to connect earlier versions of Oracle to non- Oracle systems through ODBC, refer to Accessing ODBC and JDBC Data Sources from Oracle Heterogeneous Services (HSODBC). This document describes how to use an ODBC driver to access a non- Oracle system from Oracle through DG4. ODBC. The document assumes that the Oracle database server is configured and the DG4. ODBC components are already installed on a UNIX based system. This is not run on some Oracle client/server installations. To connect Oracle to a non- Oracle system through DG4. ODBC: Install and configure the ODBC driver on the machine where DG4.
ODBC is installed. Configure Oracle. Database gateway (init*. Database listener (listener.
Network client (tnsnames. Create a database link with SQL*Plus. Versions of DG4. ODBC6. DG4. ODBC require a 6.
ODBC driver. If you do not know whether your version of DG4. ODBC is 3. 2- bit or 6.
Oracle user and run: cd $ORACLE. If you are still unsure whether your version of DG4. ODBC is 6. 4- bit, please contact the Easysoft support team (), and they will be happy to assist. DG4. ODBC must be used with a 6. ODBC driver that has been built with 6.
SQLLEN/SQLULEN types. The 6. 4- bit SQL Server ODBC driver and 6. Oracle ODBC driver that are available for download on the Easysoft web site are built with 6.
SQLLEN/SQLULEN types. If you want to use DG4. ODBC with another 6.
Easysoft ODBC driver, please contact the Easysoft support team. DG4. ODBC require 3. ODBC drivers, which you can download from the Easysoft web site. Install, Configure and Test the ODBC Driver.
Oracle loads the unix. ODBC driver manager to access the ODBC driver. All Easysoft ODBC drivers include unix. ODBC. Essentially, we are linking DG4. ODBC to unix. ODBC, and the driver manager is then responsible for the ODBC access.
The relevant components are: SQL*Plus - > Oracle Client - > DG4. ODBC instance - > unix. ODBC - > ODBC driver - > Database. You need to: Install the ODBC driver on the machine where DG4. ODBC is installed.
Add a data source to /etc/odbc. Test the data source with /usr/local/easysoft/unix. ODBC/bin/isql. After you have done this to ensure that the ODBC connection is working, Oracle can be configured to use the connection. To access SQL Server from Oracle, we used our SQL Server ODBC driver to set up the prerequisite ODBC connection. These instructions show you how to install the SQL Server driver and create and test an ODBC data source. Download the SQL Server ODBC driver for your DG4. ODBC platform. Refer to the documentation to see which environment variables you need to set (LD.
For example, this SQL Server ODBC data source connects to the default instance on mymachine, which serves the Northwind database. For example. cd /usr/local/easysoft/unix. ODBC/bin. ./isql - v MY.
To exit, press return in an empty prompt line. Oracle Configuration. To allow the Oracle server to use DG4. ODBC, you need to edit three files and restart the Oracle Listener.
The files are: init filetnsnames. The init file references the data source that you added to /etc/odbc. Entries that you create in tnsnames. Care needs to be taken when configuring these files, as an incorrect entry in any of them can lead to connection failure.
Create an Init File. On the Oracle server, log in to the Oracle account and cd into $ORACLE. Every instance using DG4. ODBC needs a separate init*.
For this tutorial, we created an init file named inithsconnect. You may want to name the init file to identify the target database. For example, inithsmssql. The init file specifies the: ODBC data source to connect to. Path of the ODBC driver manager shared object.
For example: #. # This is a sample agent init file containing the HS parameters that. ODBC Agent. Note that as DG4. ODBC uses the SQLDriver.
Connect ODBC API, you can actually put any valid ODBC connection string here. Here, DG4. ODBC will call SQLDriver.
Connect with . This example is for the SQL Server ODBC driver. FILEDSN=/tmp/my. The attribute value instructs the ODBC driver manager to read the details for this data source from /tmp/my.
This is the driver manager that DG4. ODBC will load to access your ODBC data source. HS. You should generally leave this commented out, as tracing can degrade performance. However, if you are having problems, HS. Log files are stored in $ORACLE. By default, SQL Server does not support this behaviour because it does not allow an application to maintain multiple active statements on a connection. Make sure you uncomment the HS.
However, by default, MARS is not enabled. To enable MARS for your DG4. ODBC/SQL Server connection, add the following setting to your SQL Server ODBC driver data source in /etc/odbc.
For the Oracle Listener to listen for DG4. ODBC, information about DG4. ODBC must be added to the Oracle Listener configuration file, listener. You need to: Create a SID. Create a new SID.
For example: SID. For example, if you named the init file inithsconnect. SID. If you do not set your environment correctly, you will get an error containing the text: Can't open lib '< lib> ' : file not found.
For example: Can't open lib '/usr/local/easysoft/sqlserver/lib/libessqlsrv. Solaris If you are using a 6. DG4. ODBC on a machine where LD. You need to add an entry that identifies the Oracle server to attach to and the SID. For example: hsconnectid=. ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=oracle. You include this entry when creating the database link with SQL*Plus.
For example, . Do this so that your tnsnames. ADDRESSThe entry for your Oracle server. For example. ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=oracle. For example. CONNECT. To do this: cd $ORACLE.
If tnsping succeeds, you will get a message similar to. At the SQL prompt, create a new database link: CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK hslink CONNECT TO. Note that when creating the database link, the database user and password need to be supplied. For SQL Server, . For example, . Otherwise, you get this error: ERROR at line 1. ORA- 0. 20. 10: missing host connect string.
After creating the database link, try passing in an SQL statement: select * from dual@hslink; where . The unix. ODBC Driver Manager does not support UTF- 8 encoded data being passed to the Unicode ODBC APIs. Ensure also that you have set NLS. For example: $ echo $LANG. For example, HS. If you do not do this and your Oracle database's NLS. The connection fails because DG4.
ODBC passes a UTF- 8 encoded connection string to SQLDriver. Connect. W, which the unix. ODBC Driver Manager is unable to handle.
SQL Server varchar(max) Data. By default, the SQL Server ODBC driver exposes the varchar(max) data type as a SQL. When reporting the maximum size of a varchar(max) column, the driver returns 0, which is the Microsoft convention for . DG4. ODBC is unable to interpret a zero length as an . To work around this: Add this line to your SQL Server ODBC driver data source in /etc/odbc. Var. Max. As. Long = Yes.
When this line is present, the SQL Server ODBC driver returns a varchar(max) column as a SQL. We were using DG4.
ODBC with Oracle 1. Release 1 (1. 1. 1. Easysoft ODBC- SQL Server Driver on Linux.
The following ar command output shows a unix. ODBC archive that contains libodbc. To work around this: cd to the directory where unix. ODBC’s libraries are installed. For example. cd /usr/local/easysoft/unix. ODBC/lib. Extract the shared object from the archive. X3. 2. Your database link should now work.
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This is an expected error message. The message indicates that you must shutdown services on all the nodes. However, you only need to shutdown the services on the node(s) on which you are performing upgrade. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 6. The Prerequisite Checker Deployment Procedure Reports Incorrect Results.
When you run the Prerequisite Checker Deployment procedure from Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Console, the procedure displays that the Check Active Files and Executables check has failed. However, on Windows Vista, the procedure reports that the check has passed. Workaround: Ignore the result of this check and consider it as failed. This issues is tracked with Oracle bug 6. Upgrading Oracle Clusterware from Oracle Database 1. When you upgrade Oracle Clusterware from an Oracle Database 1.
OPMD service is not created. Workaround: After completing the upgrade process, run the following command from the CRS. This message is displayed when you have Oracle Database 1. Clusterware installed on the computer.
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 6. Uppercase or Mixed Case Instance Name Issues in Oracle RACDatabase Configuration Assistant fails to add a new instance when a database is created with uppercase or mixed case SID Prefix in an Oracle RAC environment.
Workaround: Follow these steps to resolve this issue: Get the existing instance names of the database using srvctl config database - d db. If there are any services configured, they need to be reconfigured. When you re- enable the disks, the disks are readable and writable again, but the disk groups fail to mount giving the following error. ORA- 1. 50. 32: not all alterations performed. ORA- 1. 50. 63: ASM discovered an insufficient number of disks for disk group .
The srvctl utility displays the following error message. PRKP- 1. 00. 6 : Failed to shut down cluster database database. The process of starting up a dedicated server process fails as the executable can not be found or the environment is set up incorrectly. Workaround: Make sure that you take the following constraints into account: Add the user with administrator privilege on local computer.
Change the Oracle Net Listener Service logon account to the same user as the Oracle Database Service logon account. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 5. Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues on Windows x.
The following are the Windows x. Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade: Note.
The issues mentioned in this section are not observed on Windows 3. Error When Adding Node to Oracle RACWhen performing Oracle RAC add node, the following error may be displayed. Error while copying directory C: \app\oracle\product\1. You may fix the errors on the required remote nodes. Click 'Yes' if you want. Click 'No' to exit the install.
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This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 5. ODBC Driver Setup Dialog Box Does not Work as Desired. When creating a DSN entry using the odbcad. ODBC Driver Setup dialog box does not work as desired. This issue is specific to Oracle Instant Client Installation on Windows Vista. Workaround: Copy the mfc. Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2.
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When installing Oracle Database 1. Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) may fail on Windows 6. OCM attempts to create a service named Oraclehome.
Name. Configuration. Manager, where home. Name is the user- specified name for the database install home.