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Title: Adabas D: ODBC across different networks

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Adabas D: ODBC across different networks
Applies to
Adabas: Version 6.1,10.0
Symptom:
You try to connect to an Adabas D database in another subnet / in the Internet via ODBC .
The ODBC driver reports, that it cannot access the target machine.
Cause:
First the ODBC driver asks in the network for the NetBIOS name of the database server (broadcast).
It won't find it, since the sever isn't within the range of the subnet. The driver will now ask the DNS
server for the name of the server. It will use the NetBIOS name for this purpose. If the nameserver
doesn't know the database server, local files like LMHOSTS
or HOSTS
will
be accessed.
Solution:
If you don't get an IP adress back from the nameserver (e.g. because you haven't configured a nameserver),
you have to resolve the names via the local files LMHOSTS
or HOSTS
.
An entry in \WINDOWS\LMHOSTS
must look like the following line :
NETBIOSNAMEOFMACHINE IPADRESSOFMACHINE #PRE
e.g.
testmachine 192.168.1.12 #PRE
IMPORTANT :
You MUST specify the name of the machine in the ODBC administration tool under Windows. Specifying
the IP adress will result in an error message !

Keywords: ADABAS D, ODBC, WINDOWS, WINDOWS95, WINNT

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