IBM InfoSphere Federation Server, Version 10.5

Installing ODBC drivers

The ODBC drivers allow you to access Microsoft SQL data from the federated server. You can install the IBM®-branded DataDirect ODBC driver, the DataDirect Technologies' DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver, or the unixODBC driver.

About this task

The IBM-branded DataDirect ODBC driver use the same code base as the ODBC driver provided by DataDirect Technologies but are licensed for use with only IBM InfoSphere® Federation Server and other IBM software. To avoid conflict with DataDirect Technologies products, the IBM-branded DataDirect ODBC driver does not support other applications.

On Windows operating systems, the Microsoft SQL Server wrapper uses the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver provided by Microsoft. On all other operating systems, the Microsoft SQL Server wrapper can use either the IBM-branded DataDirect ODBC driver or the ODBC driver provided by DataDirect Technologies.

The supported operating systems include:

64-bit AIX®, HP-UX, and Linux systems
Linux for System z®
Solaris systems

Restriction: If you only have the IBM-branded DataDirect ODBC driver installed the following warning will display if you run unsupported applications:

Warning: [DataDirect][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] The DataDirect ODBC driver you are attempting to access has been provided to you by IBM Corporation for exclusive use with IBM Information Server. You are not licensed to use this driver with any application other than IBM Information Server. If you would like to purchase a driver for some other use, please call 800-876-3101 or visit DataDirect at www.datadirect.com NetConn: 100

See the DataDirect Technologies Web site for more information on the DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver.

For information on the unixODBC driver, see unixODBC.

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