INF: Network Setup of ODBC Drivers

ID: Q110471

1.00 WINDOWS kbnetwork kbsetup

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Open Database Connectivity, version 1.0

SUMMARY

As is typical in network installations of software, the ODBC setup program cannot be used to install the ODBC components on a file server with just the .INI files being installed on the client computers. The ODBC Setup program, however, can be used by administrators to simplify the installation of ODBC components on client computers.

This article explains how to use a setup option to make multi-client ODBC installations simple. Note that all the ODBC components will be installed on every client workstation.

MORE INFORMATION

The Setup program that ships with ODBC drivers in Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Access and Visual Basic, has an option called 'auto,' which, given a valid ODBC installation on a client workstation, makes it simple to duplicate the same ODBC setup on other client computers.

Follow the steps below to install the ODBC components on multiple client computers:

1. Install the ODBC drivers and add the required data sources on a client

   computer.

2. Create a directory on a network file server and copy all the files

   on the ODBC setup disk into this directory.

3. Copy the ODBC.INI and ODBCINST.INI files created by Setup in step 1 to

   this new directory.

4. Modify the SETUP.LST file on the file server so that the following two

   lines are added to the [Files] section:

      odbc.ini = odbc.ini
      odbcinst.ini = odbcinst.ini

5. From the client computers, connect to this network share and run

   Setup with the Auto option from the share.

All the drivers and data source entries will be copied to the client?s workstation. Note that any data sources that exist on the client workstation before running setup/auto will remain in the client?s ODBC.INI file. If the client workstation did not have any ODBC components or .INI files, setup/auto will create the new .INI files and copy all the drivers from the network drive to the client computer.

Additional reference words: 1.00 odbc 2.0 net install KBCategory: kbnetwork kbsetup KBSubcategory: odbc

Keywords          : ODBC 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 10, 1996