Neoview ODBC Drivers Manual (R2.3)

About This Document
This manual describes how to install and configure HP Neoview ODBC drivers for Microsoft
Windows and the HP Neoview UNIX drivers (HP-UX, Linux, IBM AIX®, and Sun Solaris for
SPARC®). The drivers enable applications developed for the Microsoft Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) application programming interface (API) to access the HP Neoview database.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for anyone who installs, configures, manages, or troubleshoots HP
ODBC software and connectivity, for ODBC application programmers who write 32–bit
applications or 64–bit applications on the HP-UX Itanium 64–bit driver, to access an HP Neoview
database, and other end users or application programmers who use HP Neoview ODBC drivers
to access a Neoview database.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
The following information is new or changed in this edition of this manual:
• Added information on the new 64–bit IBM AIX® driver.
• Added information on the new 32–bit Sun Solaris for SPARC® driver.
• Added information on the new 64–bit Sun Solaris for SPARC® driver.
• The increased maximum password length allowed to connect to the Neoview database is
64 characters.
• Updated the description of the length of the NUMERIC data type in “ODBC Data Types”
(page 59).
• Updated the description of SQLTablePrivileges in “ODBC API Functions” (page 51).
• Added information about using pthreads and the HP-UX driver in “Object Naming and
Mapping” (page 24).
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1: “ HP Neoview ODBC Driver Overview for Windows” (page 15), provides an
overview of the HP Neoview ODBC driver on Windows.
• Chapter 2: “ HP Neoview UNIX Drivers Overview” (page 23), provides an overview of the
HP Neoview ODBC drivers on Linux, HP-UX, and IBM AIX®.
• Chapter 3: “Installing the HP Neoview ODBC Drivers” (page 29), explains how to install
HP Neoview ODBC drivers on Windows, Linux, HP-UX, and IBM AIX®.
• Chapter 4: “ Configuring Client Data Sources” (page 45), describes how to configure data
sources on Windows, Linux, HP-UX, and IBM AIX®.
• Chapter 5: “ HP Neoview ODBC Drivers Conformance” (page 51), contains tables that
describe HP Neoview ODBC drivers conformance to standard ODBC API functions and
SQL conformance levels
• Chapter 6: “HP Neoview ODBC Drivers Messages” (page 63), describes HP Neoview ODBC
drivers error codes.
Notation Conventions
General Syntax Notation
This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual.
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