What is oobping?
oobping is a small program that has been distributed with the Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge since version 1.0.0.35. oobping is a valuable tool for checking ODBC-ODBC Bridge connectivity and diagnosing connection problems or connection timing issues.
On Windows, oobping.exe is located in installdir\Easysoft\ODBC-ODBC Bridge.
On Linux and UNIX, there are two versions of oobping: oobpings (a statically linked version) and oobpingd (a dynamically linked version, which is linked against the libesoobclient shared object). The location for these programs is: installation_dir/easysoft/bin. To use oobpingd, you may need to set and export LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LD_RUN_PATH, or LIBPATH to include the ODBC-ODBC Bridge client and lib directories (for example, /usr/local/easysoft/oob/client and /usr/local/easysoft/lib).
oobping has the following command line:
oobping [-h host | -d ODBC_connection_string] {-t port} {-u osuser} {-p ospassword} {-e}
where:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -h host | The name or IP address of the machine where the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server is running. |
| -d ODBC_connection_string |
The ODBC connection string. For example, DSN=test;UID=andrew;PWD=p455yw0rd;.
If you specify |
| -t port | The port on which the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server is listening. |
| -u osuser | A valid operating system user name on the ODBC-ODBC Bridge server machine. |
| -p ospassword | The password for this user. |
| -e | The time taken to complete the requested operation (added in ODBC-ODBC Bridge 1.1.0.0). |
If you're unable to connect your application to your database through the ODBC-ODBC Bridge, use oobping to help diagnose the problem.