INF: Open Data Services for OS/2 Unsupported on Windows NT

ID: Q108396

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server for OS/2, version 4.2
Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2x

SUMMARY

Execution of an OS/2 Open Data Services (ODS) application on Windows NT is not supported.

MORE INFORMATION

Various problems can arise when running an OS/2 ODS application under Windows NT. The most common problem is an inability to start an OS/2 ODS application due to error 9:

Unable to set up named pipe

This error is caused by a coexistence check performed by OS/2 ODS servers which do not have the configuration option SRV_COEXIST set to TRUE. This particular problem can be avoided by calling srv_confit() as follows,


   srv_config( config, SRV_COEXIST, "TRUE", SRV_NULLTERM );

before calling srv_init().

To run ODS applications under Windows NT, application developers should port their application to Win32 and use the Windows NT version of ODS. Aside from ensuring the stability of the server application, this will result in numerous benefits, such as installable network support, higher capacity, and better performance.

Additional query words: 4.20 load gateway subsystem Windows NT


Keywords          : kbtool SSrvODS 
Version           : 4.2
Platform          : OS/2 WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999