I had many issues with Firebird ODBC, especially when the OS is 64 bit.
The only workaround I found, is to use the Firebird ADO.net provider and
not the ODBC
Best regards,
Sadek
2012/1/10 Tiesheng Wu <t...@qmul.ac.uk>
> Dear Thomas,****
>
> ** **
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> Thanks a lot for your message. The application is 32 bit.****
>
> ** **
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> First I tried 64bit ODBC driver (2.0.0.151) on Windows 7 x64. The driver
> was installed properly. Then I configured the ODBC connection via Control
> Panel à Administrative tool à Data Source (ODBC). When I tried connection
> test it gave the error message “sqlcode-904 fbcode 335544375 – Unable to
> connect to data source: library ‘gds32.dll’ failed to load”.****
>
> ** **
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> I then removed the 64bit ODBC driver and installed 32bit ODBC driver
> (2.0.0.151). The driver was installed properly. However it did not show up
> in the ODBC Data Source Administrator using Control Panel àAdministrative tool
> à Data Source (ODBC). Therefore I did not know where and how I should
> configure the ODBC connection.****
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> Tee****
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> *Subject:* Re: [firebird-support] ODBC connection to Firebird
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> > We try to connect a Firebird (2.1.2.18118) database on Windows Server
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> > Which ODBC (version, x32 or x64) should we use?
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> This depends on your client application and not on your server. If your
> client application is 32-bit then the 32-bit ODBC driver, otherwise 64-bit.
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