Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge

CD Installation

Prerequisites

			These distributions are for Solaris only. For other platforms see our products web page.
			To install the OOB server you must know your root password.
			To use the OOB client you must have access to a running OOB server (Easysoft supply one for this purpose at demo.easysoft.com).

Driver Managers

During the installation process you will have to decide whether or not to install a driver manager.

A driver manager allows ODBC clients to select a driver at runtime rather than having to be statically linked at compile time. Windows users normally get a driver manager with any ODBC driver (most Windows ODBC users will be familiar with the 'ODBC Data Source Administrator' window).

The unixODBC project (an open-source project sponsored by Easysoft) produces a driver manager for Unix, which we include in the OOB distribution.

Installing from this CD

1. Click to install the Easysoft OOB

Follow the instructions given during the installation. The Easysoft web site carries the full manual in HTML.

2. To see the client in action run the demo program, for example:

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\
/usr/local/easysoft/lib:\
/usr/local/easysoft/oob/client
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# cd /usr/local/easysoft/oob/examples
# ./demo


3. For a quick start at writing scripts or programs to access ODBC datasources, look in the file getdata.c. This C program passes SQL from standard input to a datasource. The data source name (DSN) is hard coded.

# cd /usr/local/easysoft/oob/examples
# cp Makefile.sunos Makefile
# (Edit your Makefile if your install directory was not /usr/local.)
# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\
/usr/local/easysoft/lib:\
/usr/local/easysoft/oob/client
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# (Edit getdata.c)
Search for "DSN" and change the line accordingly. To connect to demo.easysoft.com, enter "demo" as the DSN.
# make getdata
# echo "select * from oobdist_contact;" |\
./getdata > tmp.html
# (Point your browser at tmp.html)