ASA Programming Guide
ODBC Programming
Building ODBC applications
Linking ODBC applications on UNIX
Third-party ODBC Driver Managers for UNIX are available. An ODBC Driver Manager includes the following files:
| Operating system | Files |
|---|---|
| Solaris/Sparc |
libodbc.so (libodbc.so.1)
libodbcinst.so (libodbcinst.so.1) |
If your are deploying an application that requires an ODBC Driver Manager and you are not using a third-party Driver Manager, create symbolic links for both the libodbc and libodbcinst shared libraries to the Adaptive Server Anywhere ODBC driver.
If an ODBC Driver Manager is present, Adaptive Server Anywhere queries the Driver Manager rather than ~/.odbc.ini for data source information.
Standard ODBC applications do not link directly against the ODBC driver. Instead, ODBC function calls go through the ODBC Driver Manager. On UNIX and Windows CE operating systems, Adaptive Server Anywhere does not include an ODBC Driver Manager. You can still create ODBC applications by linking directly against the Adaptive Server Anywhere ODBC driver, but you can then access only Adaptive Server Anywhere data sources.