Copyright: , 1995 INTERSOLV


	DataDirect ODBC  XDB Driver
Logon to XDB

XDB ODBC Setup

Copyright


Copyright
Copyright 1995 INTERSOLV Inc. All rights reserved. INTERSOLV is a registered trademark, and DataDirect is a trademark of INTERSOLV, Inc. Other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.


XDB ODBC Setup
Configuring an XDB Data Source

Data Source Name:  A string that identifies this XDB data source configuration in ODBC.INI.  Examples include "Accounting" or "XDB-Serv1."

Description:  An optional long description of a data source name.  For example, "My Accounting Files" or "XDB Database on Server number 1."

Server Name:  The name of the server containing the XDB database tables you want to access.  You can leave this empty if you are using the local server.

The following values are optional:

Database Name:  The name of the database to which you want to connect by default.

Default Authorization ID:  The default authorization ID used to connect to your XDB database.  An authorization ID is required only if security is enabled on your database.  Your ODBC application may override this value or you may override this value in the logon dialog box or connection string.

Server List:  The list of servers that appear in the logon dialog box.  Separate the server names with commas.

Translate: Displays the Select Translator dialog box to allow you to perform a translation of your data from one character set to another. Choose the INTERSOLV OEM ANSI translator to translate your data from the IBM PC character set to the ANSI character set.


Logon to XDB

Server Name:  Type the server name of the computer containing the XDB database tables you want to access or select the name from the Server Name box, which displays the server names you specified in the Setup dialog box. Server names contain the information necessary for an XDB network redirector to locate the database to be used.

Database Name:  Type the XDB database containing the tables you wish to access.

Authorization ID:  If required, type your user name.

Password:  If required, type your password.