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I have 2 PCs, I have installed RHEL5 in first pc for development and in another pc I have installed Windows XP and also SQL Server 2000 (for DB server).
I want to make a program (in rhel5) which can interact with MS SQL Server 2000.
So for tht I have downloaded and installed libiodbc, libiodbc-devel and libiodbc-admin.
And also searched with google for good tutorial abt how to make odbc connection.
I found good tutorials but no any tutorial hav cleared steps for "How to make DSN(Data Source Name)".
DSN means "Data Source Name", but wt it actually means ? (like is it kinda driver or text string or ...).
> I want to make a program (in rhel5) which can interact with MS SQL
> Server 2000.
> So for tht I have downloaded and installed libiodbc, libiodbc-devel
> and libiodbc-admin.
I'd recommend unixODBC over iODBC.
> And also searched with google for good tutorial abt how to
> make odbc connection.
I can't understand how you could fail to find one. The ODBC *concepts* are the same on any platform; UNIX, Windows, or LINUX.
> DSN means "Data Source Name", but wt it actually means ?
It names a data source and the parameters required to connect like which driver to use, host name, port and possibly username/password.
> 2) How to create DSN on Linux machine ?
You use one of the provided tools or edit the appropriate INI file.
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