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Part 1: Steps Required to Configure the ODBC Driver for your SQL
Database
1.
In Control Panel, double click on Administrative Tools then double click on Data
Sources(ODBC).
2. If you have not already setup a System DSN then click on the System DSN folder.
3. Choose the ADD button, and select the applicable ODBC Driver:
a) If you will be using an SQL relational database then select the SQL Server driver:
Enter a Data Source Name. This can be any name, and will be used later to connect
to the relational database from FIX/iFIX. Make a note of what is entered here.
Enter the Server Name then click the Next button.
Specify the information for how you want to verify the authenticity of the login;
select "With Windows NT Authentication using the Network Login ID" if you want
to use the existing logged on Windows operating system user to authenticate.
Click the Next button and complete the configuration information on the next two
screens and then click Complete.
Test the connection to the specified database.
b) If you will be using a Microsoft Access database (on the local machine only) then select
the Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb):
Enter a Datasource Source Name. This can be any name, and will be used later to
connect to the relational database from FIX/iFIX. Make a note of what is entered
here.
Under the Database, click the Create button and specify an .mdb file name for and a
location to save the Access database file; this should be saved to C:\Dynamics\APP
directory (iFIX v. 3.5 and prior) or to C:\Program Files\GE Fanuc\Proficy iFIX\APP
directory (iFIX 4.0 and above).
Click OK twice once the Access .mdb database has been created.
The latest ODBC drivers for Microsoft can be located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/data/downloads.htm
c) If you will be using an Oracle relational database then select the Microsoft ODBC for
Oracle driver:
You
will need to have the required Oracle client and networking components
installed on the machine in order to be able to configure this connection.
Now, start iFIX and launch Mission Control and open the SQL Task window. There should be
messages in this window, and the final one should be 'Logged on to <database identifier>'. If there
is a message saying 'Error logging onto <database identifier>, then go back through these steps and
verify that the ODBC driver and iFIX SQL Task are correctly configured.