Neoview ODBC Drivers Manual (R2.2 SP1)

3 Installing the HP Neoview ODBC Drivers
This section contains information on how to install the HP Neoview ODBC Drivers on Windows,
Linux, HP-UX, IBM AIX®, and Sun Solaris.
This section describes:
• “Installing ODBC Client Software”
• “Avoiding Driver-Platform Version Incompatibility”
For installing on Windows:
• “Installing the HP Neoview ODBC Driver for Windows”
• “Reinstalling the HP Neoview ODBC Driver for Windows”
• “Uninstalling the HP Neoview ODBC Driver for Windows”
• “Setting Up the Client Environment”
• “Troubleshooting”
• “Getting the Version of the Driver”
• “ODBC API Reference”
For installing on Linux, HP-UX, and IBM AIX®:
• “Installing or Reinstalling HP Neoview ODBC Drivers for Linux, HP-UX, IBM AIX®, and
Sun Solaris”
• “Setting Up the Client Environment”
• “Running the Sample Program”
• “Troubleshooting”
• “Debugging”
• “Getting the Version of the Driver”
• “ODBC API Reference”
Installing ODBC Client Software
If you plan to use ODBC connectivity for any data source, you must install ODBC client software
on each workstation that uses ODBC data sources. Although each client workstation can download
the installation file directly from the HP Web site, in large installations it might be more efficient
to download the installation file to an internal Web location for easier deployment to all client
workstations.
Avoiding Driver-Platform Version Incompatibility
To make a connection with the Neoview platform, HP ODBC clients, through their respective
drivers, connect with the Neoview database connectivity service (NDCS) on the Neoview platform.
In some situations, HP ODBC clients need to make connections to Release 2.2 and Release 2.1
(and older) Neoview platforms (servers) from the same client boxes. To make a connection, the
driver version must be compatible with the Neoview platform version.
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