Oracle8 ODBC Driver Help

For All Users

What is ODBC?

Oracle8 ODBC Driver

What is the Oracle8 ODBC Driver?

Features of Release V8.1.7.1.0

Features Not Supported

Files Created by the Installation

Driver Conformance Levels

Configuration Tasks

Configuring Net8 Database Services

Configuring the Data Source

Oracle8 ODBC Setup Dialog Box

Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Oracle8 Data Sources

Modifying the oraodbc.ini File

Driver Logging

Reducing Lock Timeout

Removing Control Characters from SQL Statements

Connecting to a Data Source

Connecting to an Oracle8 Data Source

Troubleshooting

Using the Oracle8 ODBC Driver for the First Time

Expired Password

For Advanced Users

TNS Service Names for the Oracle8 ODBC Driver (Advanced)

Creating Oracle8 ODBC Driver TNS Service Names (Advanced)

SQL Statements (Advanced)

Data Types (Advanced)

Implementation of Data Types (Advanced)

Limitations on Data Types (Advanced)

Error Messages (Advanced)

For Programmers

Format of the Connection String (Programming)

SQLDriverConnect Implementation (Programming)

Reducing Lock Timeout in a Program (Programming)

Linking Your Program with odbc32.lib (Programming)

Improving Concurrency and Performance (Programming)

Obtaining Information About rowids (Programming)

Rowids in a WHERE Clause (Programming)

Enabling Result Sets (Programming)

Enabling EXEC Syntax (Programming)

Unicode Support (Programming)

Supported Functionality

API Conformance (Programming)

Implementation of ODBC API Functions (Programming)

Implementation of the ODBC SQL Syntax (Programming)

Implementation of Data Types (Programming)

Acknowledgments

Copyright and Trademark Acknowledgments