Hi Thomas, thanks for the answer :-)
Koetter, Thomas Theodor schrieb: > Hello Ralf > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ralf Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Montag, 25. Juni 2007 22:32 >> To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com >> Subject: fixing problems in eGroupWare with MaxDB >> > [snip] > >> I also noticed a strainge behavior of the odbc driver. Under openSUSE >> 10.2 (I think the same is true for all SuSE versions) the odbc.ini is >> usually in /etc/unixODBC. Placing it there does not work with >> MaxDB. It >> only works if I symlink /etc/odbc.ini to >> /etc/unixODBC/odbc.ini. Took me >> quite a while to find out ... > > > From http://www.unixodbc.org/internals.html > <qoute> > The odbc.ini file contains a list of Data Sources and any properties for > each. There are two types of odbc.ini files; 1) System and 2) User. The > System odbc.ini file exists as /etc/odbc.ini while the user usually exist as > ~/.odbc.ini. > </qoute> > > > If driver managers store the ini-files in other places, how should the driver > know where to look? So it's more a SuSE problem, that they moved the directory from /etc to /etc/unixODBC. Ralf > > > With kind regards Thomas > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Dr. Thomas Kötter > SAP AG, Berlin > NW EIM MLC IFA > > MaxDB: all you need! > www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb www.mysql.com/products/maxdb www.sapdb.org > > Sitz der Gesellschaft/Registered Office: Walldorf, Germany > Vorstand/SAP Executive Board: Henning Kagermann (Sprecher/CEO), Léo Apotheker > (stellvertretender Sprecher / Deputy CEO), Werner Brandt, Claus Heinrich, > Gerhard Oswald, Peter Zencke > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairperson of the SAP Supervisory Board: > Hasso Plattner > Registergericht/Commercial Register Mannheim No HRB 350269 > > Diese E-Mail kann Betriebs- oder Geschäftsgeheimnisse oder sonstige > vertrauliche Informationen enthalten. Sollten Sie diese E-Mail irrtümlich > erhalten haben, ist Ihnen eine Kenntnisnahme des Inhalts, eine > Vervielfältigung oder Weitergabe der E-Mail ausdrücklich untersagt. > Bitte benachrichtigen Sie uns und vernichten Sie die empfangene E-Mail. > Vielen Dank. > > This e-mail may contain trade secrets or privileged, undisclosed, or > otherwise confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in > error, you are hereby notified that any review, copying, or distribution of > it is strictly prohibited. Please inform us immediately and destroy the > original transmittal. Thank you for your cooperation. > -- Ralf Becker eGroupWare Training & Support ==> http://www.egroupware-support.de Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de] Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587 Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker Leibnizstr. 17, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany Telefon +49 (0)631 31657-0 -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
