Open System Services ODBC/MX Client Driver (SQL/MX 2.x)

HP NonStop Open System Services ODBC/MX Client Driver—544990-002
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1 ODBC/MX Client Overview
This chapter includes these sections:
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Client Components
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Data Sources
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OSS ODBC/MX Client Driver Architecture
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Connections
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Object Naming and Mapping
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Release Considerations and Restrictions
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Traces
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Supported APIs
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Unsupported ODBC API Functions and Data Types
Applications developed for the OSS Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) application
programming interface (API) access a NonStop SQL database on an HP NonStop
server, through HP NonStop SQL/MX connectivity services (MXCS).
Client Components
Client components are installed on H-series servers in the OSS environment for
H06.13 or later RUVs.
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ODBC client application: A user-written application or third-party product that uses
the ODBC API to access data.
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OSS ODBC/MX Client Driver: Implements ODBC functions (a subset of the ODBC
3.5.1 API), which allow an ODBC client application to access a NonStop SQL
database through the MXCS service.
Data Sources
To configure ODBC client access to SQL/MX (which accesses NonStop SQL
databases), MXCS requires data source to be defined and started on NonStop server.
Default Data Source
MXCS provides a preconfigured, default server data source on the server called
TDM_Default_DataSource. You can stop and start the TDM_Default_DataSource using
NSM/web or MXCS, but you cannot delete it. The TDM_Default_DataSource has these
functions:
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ODBC clients can connect to TDM_Default_DataSource and access a NonStop
SQL database with no special configuration required.