Setting up an ODBC Connection

Hi All,
This is the tnsnames.ora file
pppa.world = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (COMMUNITY = tcp.world) (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = host2)(Port = 1531)))(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = pppa)))
Can someone help me with setting up the ODBC from Microsoft?
Should I use the Drivers I downloaded off of Oracle 7.0 or Microsoft's Oracle drivers when setting
up the dsn?
I'm also not sure If I have SQL*.net installed on this computer do I need it if so, where can I get it?
When setting up the ODBC, It prompts me for a SQL*.net connect string? where can I find that?
Also which user ID should I use the Oracle Database or the Server's?
I have a password to get into the server and a system's password to get onto Oracle, which one should I use.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Will

Should I use the Drivers I downloaded off of Oracle 7.0 or Microsoft's Oracle drivers when setting
up the dsn?Either should work, and the setup is going to be pretty similar.
I'm also not sure If I have SQL*.net installed on this computer do I need it if so, where can I get it?If you have the Oracle client installed, you have SQL*Net-- this is just the component of the Oracle stack that actually puts the data on the wire.
When setting up the ODBC, It prompts me for a SQL*.net connect string? where can I find that?I'm not sure which dialog you're referring to-- I don't see that text when I'm looking at the DSN creation screen for either driver. I assume they're looking for the TNS Name you have above (i.e. <foo>.world = ..., your TNS name is either <foo> or <foo>.world-- either should work)
Also which user ID should I use the Oracle Database or the Server's?I'm not sure what you're asking here. You want to enter the user ID that the driver should use when you connect through this DSN (generally, you can leave this field blank and get a logon screen whenever you connect).
If by "Oracle Database user ID", you mean the sys, system, or other superuser ID for the database, you probably don't want to use that. If you are asking whether to use your Oracle user name or your Windows user name, use your Oracle user name.
I have a password to get into the server and a system's password to get onto Oracle, which one should I use.The same as with the user name, it depends on exactly what you mean here. If "get into the system" means "log on to Windows", use the password to get into Oracle. If "get into the system" means getting DBA access to the database, don't use the system password, use a regular user password ('system' is the user ID of the superuser in Oracle).
Justin

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I modified the envs LD_LIBRARY_PATH parameter in my SID_LIST_LISTENERODBC to be:
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HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL = Debug
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could not locate the setup or translator library
Please help me how can I solve this problem and create the ODBC connection for oracle 10g database.
Best Regards,

mwz wrote:
I am trying to create an ODBC connection for oracle but become failure because its generating the following errors:
system error code 998
could not locate the setup or translator libraryThe symptom described is typical of an incorrect system env PATH setting (used by the data source admin tool), compared to that of the Oracle Home (specifically, path $OH/bin). The odbc driver config routine will search directories listed in PATH variable for necessary libraries (Client dll's). If some library fails to load (from e.g. oraoci*.dll or oraclient10.dll) it will probably error out, as in your case.
Are you creating the odbc dsn on the databse server host or on some other machine? I.e. are you using the db host as a client or not?

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Shanil

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