Creating Merant ODBC Connection to Progress

[Strider]

Hi All again.

Right my next task with progress that im stumbling with is that im trying to create a System DSN to Progress using the Merant ODBC. However when i try to connect its failing. The message is rather 1."No Data" or 2."Invalid Network Daemon"

So here are the details:
AdminServer
HostName: 192.168.10.183 (as in my pc)
Server Port Number: 20931

Database
Name(object): BWG
Default Server Group-> Port Number: 4321

If anyother details needed let me know.

So when i add the new System DSN in the MS Windows ODBC Data Source Adminstrator i select Merant 3.60.......
If then asks me to enter some details im not sure of

Data Source Name: (not sure what to put here)
Description: (didnt put anything in here)
Host Name: 192.168.10.183
Port Number: 20931 (gives error 1 above) or 4321 (gives error 2 above)
Database Name: BWG
User ID: <myuserid>

Is this data i enter correct?
Am i doing anything wrong above as when i enter the details with my username and password i get "No data" error message displayed


cheers once again for any help

 

[Casper]

What if you do the following:

Datasourcename: something
description: Some description
Hostname: your hostname (localhost if you run it locally)
Portnumber: The portnumber you started the database with
Databasename: BWG
Userid: keep this empty

If you run the database locally and you son't have a wotkgroup or enterprise license installed, then try starting the database without -H and use the -H with your connection. This might help aswell.

HTH,

Casper.

 

[Strider]

try starting the database without -H and use the -H with your connection. This might help aswell.

how do you start the database without -H is there a command line method of starting the database. I have it started in the Progress Explorer.

What does starting it with -H do?

 

[Casper]

If you don'tk now how, then you probably didn't start with -H. -H is hostname parameter, which you can put in the parameter list and use at startup. Obviously you didn't. ..

The other suggestion I gave didn't help?

Casper.

 

[Strider]

The biggest problem was the i changed server from 192.168.10.183 to localhost

Ok i finally got it up and running. It was also the wrong port i was entering, and for the username i enter my domain login and password. and it got connected



Once again guys thanks for the help with that.... im nearly there now

 

[marcol]

Merant version 8 with Windows XP

Will Merant version 3.7 work with Progress version 8 and Windows XP?

 

[vasudha]

Hello,

I am also trying the same thing.
First i am starting my database from progress explorer.
Then i am creating one DSN by using Merant driver.
Data Source Name : Sports
description : sports
Host name : 20.198.52.106 (my local ip)
port : 3822 (port no where i started the database through progress explorer)
Databse name : sports
userid : sysprogress

Now if i use hostname as my ipaddress then following error is coming
"[DataDirect- Technologies][ODBC PROGRESS driver][PROGRESS]Error in Network Daemon"

if i use host name as "localhost" only then connection established.

Please help me connecting database by using ip address.

Any idea what all settings are required.

Regards,
Vasudha