Since you are on a Mac you might need driver. Actual technology has the best
Regards
Chuck
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 4:37 AM Narinder Chandi via 4D_Tech <
4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> Hi all. We have a requirement to connect to MS SQL Server databases hosted
> on AWS from 4D v17.3 on Mac OS 10.14+. The use case scenario is likely to
> be that:
> * only a single user will need to connect, either via 4D Client or from 4D
> standalone - tbc
> * we may need to ingest large amounts of data from SQL Server into 4D
> tables in order to analyse it - the developer wishes to do this from 4D for
> his convenience
> * the requirement is most likely one-way read only from MS SQL Server and
> write to 4D - tbc
>
> If my initial investigations are correct we need:
> * an ODBC manager
> * SQL Server ODBC driver
>
> For the ODBC manager it seems there are really only 2 choices - both free:
> * http://www.odbcmanager.net - ODBC Manager
> * http://www.iodbc.org - iODBC
>
> For the ODBC driver there seems to be these options - requiring licences:
> * http://www.actualtech.com
> * https://www.openlinksw.com
>
> It looks like ODBC Manager is supported and maintained by Actual
> Technologies who can also provide a driver.
>
> Does anybody have recent experience of connecting to MS SQL Server from 4D
> v17 on Mac OS 10.14? If so:
> * what combination of driver manager and SQL Server driver worked for you
> - was it from the ones I have listed or some other?
> * could you kindly elaborate on your experience - connection, reliability,
> driver stability, performance, etc
> * any other useful pointers for consideration?
>
> Regards,
> Narinder Chandi,
> ToolBox Systems Ltd.
> https://toolbox.systems
>
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