About this Manual

This manual describes the installation of the OpenAccess client components that include the OpenRDA ODBC Driver, the OpenRDA OLE DB Provider, the OpenRDA JDBC Driver, and the OpenRDA .NET Provider.

Specifically, the topics covered include:

·          Installation of OpenRDA ODBC driver, OpenRDA JDBC driver, OpenRDA OLE DB provider, and OpenRDA .NET Data Provider.

·          Testing of the installed components.

For ODBC Driver for Windows go to Chapter 1: Installing the OpenRDA ODBC Driver.

For OLEDB Provider go to Chapter 2: Installing the OpenRDA OLE DB Provider.

For JDBC Driver for Windows go to Chapter 3: Installing the OpenRDA JDBC Driver.

For .NET Provider go to Chapter4: Installing the OpenRDA .NET Provider.

For ODBC Driver for UNIX go to Chapter 5: Installing the OpenRDA ODBC Driver for UNIX.

For JDBC Driver for UNIX go to Chatper 6: Installing the OpenRDA JDBC Driver for UNIX.

Details of using the OpenAccess drivers are provided in the OpenAccess Client User’s Guide.

Notation Convention

The courier font is used for system-dependent keywords and commands to be typed by the user or for code samples and program output.  The pipe character ‘|’ is used as a shortcut notation and separator between menus, sub-menus, and items.  As an example:  ‘File | Open’ means the Open option from the File menu.

Technical Support

Technical support is available by telephone and Email.  Please provide the OpenAccess product version and the platform you are running on when calling/writing for technical support.