Easysoft ODBC-ISAM Driver Knowledge Base Articles

• Applications - Crystal Reports
• Applications - Business Objects
• Applications - Impromptu
• Applications - Microsoft SQL Server
• Applications - Informatica
• Applications - UniVerse
• Applications - UniData
• Interfaces - ODBC
• Languages - PHP
• Languages - Perl
• Languages - C
• General - Licensing
• General - Connection
• Miscellaneous

• Applications - Crystal Reports
  • Will my reporting tools work with Easysoft Data Access for ISAM?
  
  
• Applications - Business Objects
  • Will my reporting tools work with Easysoft Data Access for ISAM?
  
  
• Applications - Impromptu
  • Will my reporting tools work with Easysoft Data Access for ISAM?
  
  
• Applications - Microsoft SQL Server
  • How do I set up a linked server in Microsoft SQL server to my ISAM files?
  • Why do I get the error "Invalid schema or catalog specified for provider 'MSDASQL'. OLE DB error trace [Non-interface error: Invalid schema or catalog specified for the provider.] when trying to access data in MS SQL Server?
  
  
• Applications - Informatica
  • Why do I get error "libodbc.a(odbc.so) could not be loaded"?
  
  
• Applications - UniVerse
  • Why do I get error "libodbc.a(odbc.so) could not be loaded"?
  
  
• Applications - UniData
  • Why do I get error "libodbc.a(odbc.so) could not be loaded"?
  
  
• Interfaces - ODBC
  • Why does SQLRowCount/odbc_num_rows and $sth->rows return -1?
  • Why do I get error "libodbc.a(odbc.so) could not be loaded"?
  
  
• Languages - PHP
  • Why does SQLRowCount/odbc_num_rows and $sth->rows return -1?
  
  
• Languages - Perl
  • Why does SQLRowCount/odbc_num_rows and $sth->rows return -1?
  
  
• Languages - C
  • Why does SQLRowCount/odbc_num_rows and $sth->rows return -1?
  
  
• General - Licensing
  • What happens to my licenses when I uninstall the product?
  • What is a license key?
  • What are the different methods for obtaining a license?
  • What is online and off line licensing?
  • Where do I send license requests?
  • How do I restart the licensing procedure after I have quit the install?
  • Where are my licenses stored?
  • Can I save/restore copies of my licenses?
  • Can I save/restore copies of the licenses file on Unix and Linux?
  • Can I have the licenses file on an NFS share referenced by multiple machines?
  • Why can't I connect to the License Daemon?
  • Why have I not yet had a reply to the email I sent to autolicense@easysoft.com?
  • Why am I refused a trial license with a message saying a license has already been provided for this machine?
  • Is it possible to obtain a second trial license?
  • Why do I get a license error stating the application was unable to create a semaphore when attempting to connect an ODBC compliant application to my Easysoft application?
  • How do I transfer a license?
  
  
• General - Connection
  • Why do I get error "cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied"?
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  • Do I have to manually define the files in the catalog?
  • Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM support Microfocus Cobol files?
  • Easysoft ODBC for ISAM allowed me to save my Easysoft file definitions as a CSV. Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM
  • Can I access my ISAM files directly from a web-server running on a UNIX machine?
  • What is Easysoft Data Access for ISAM and how does it work?
  • Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM provide 'real-time' access to my ISAM files?
  • Can I update my ISAM data using Easysoft Data Access for ISAM?
  • Will Easysoft Data Access for ISAM connect to my ISAM data at the same time as my 'green screen' application?
  • What should I do if I get locking errors from either Easysoft Data Access for ISAM or my legacy application?
  • Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM allow me to set up database users?
  • I don't want my users to be able to update my ISAM data can I set up read-only access?
  • Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM use the indexes set on my ISAM files?
  • Can I create views to my ISAM data?
  • Does Easysoft Data Access for ISAM allow me to create tables?
  • Can I amend the indexes on my ISAM files?
  • How do I turn unixODBC tracing on or off?
  • How do I generate a Windows ODBC trace?