Neoview ODBC Drivers Manual (R2.2)

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, and IBM AIX®.
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, and IBM AIX®”
• “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.
NOTE: The NDCS release version and Neoview platform release version are always the same.
Ensure that you install the driver version that is compatible with the Neoview platform version.
Compatible Versions of the Neoview PlatformDriver Version
All versions up to, but not including, Neoview Release 2.2Neoview Release 2.0 driver
All versions up to, but not including, Neoview Release 2.2Neoview Release 2.1 driver
Neoview Release 2.2 and later versionsNeoview Release 2.2 driver
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