help with linked server on sql2000

[pheonix1t]

hello,
I'm trying to create a linked server from an SQL2000 to a Unify ELS
(very old, odbc is version 1) database on SCO unix.
The odbc driver is old but it works fine when used by applications for
creating reports.
What I want to do is make a linked server from the SCO box to the win2k
box. So, I'm using enterprise manager to create the linked server.
The DSN of the unify database is CORE_OFFICE1

I'm getting 'Error 7399: OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error.
Datasource name not found and no default driver specified.

When I create the linked server I chose the OLE DB for ODBC drivers.
I put 'CORE_OFFICE1' for the Data Source name. I also setup the
security with the name of a unix account for login/password.
What else should I have?

I'm new at this linked server stuff!

Product Name:
Data Source:
Provider String:
Location:
Catalog:

Thanks,

Oskar

[Simon Hayes]

pheonix1t <ph***************************@com.com> wrote in message news:<vv***************@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com >...

hello,
I'm trying to create a linked server from an SQL2000 to a Unify ELS
(very old, odbc is version 1) database on SCO unix.
The odbc driver is old but it works fine when used by applications for
creating reports.
What I want to do is make a linked server from the SCO box to the win2k
box. So, I'm using enterprise manager to create the linked server.
The DSN of the unify database is CORE_OFFICE1

I'm getting 'Error 7399: OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error.
Datasource name not found and no default driver specified.

When I create the linked server I chose the OLE DB for ODBC drivers.
I put 'CORE_OFFICE1' for the Data Source name. I also setup the
security with the name of a unix account for login/password.
What else should I have?

I'm new at this linked server stuff!

Product Name:
Data Source:
Provider String:
Location:
Catalog:

Thanks,

Oskar

At the risk of asking a silly question, have you created and tested
the DSN successfully on the MSSQL server itself, and is the DSN a
system DSN? Assuming it works OK from Control Panel, then I would try
adding the linked server using Query Analyzer:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'Unify',
@provider = 'MSDASQL',
@datasrc = 'CORE_OFFICE1'

Simon

[pheonix1t]

Simon Hayes wrote:

pheonix1t <ph***************************@com.com> wrote in message news:<vv***************@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com >...

hello,
I'm trying to create a linked server from an SQL2000 to a Unify ELS
(very old, odbc is version 1) database on SCO unix.
The odbc driver is old but it works fine when used by applications for
creating reports.
What I want to do is make a linked server from the SCO box to the win2k
box. So, I'm using enterprise manager to create the linked server.
The DSN of the unify database is CORE_OFFICE1

I'm getting 'Error 7399: OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error.
Datasource name not found and no default driver specified.

When I create the linked server I chose the OLE DB for ODBC drivers.
I put 'CORE_OFFICE1' for the Data Source name. I also setup the
security with the name of a unix account for login/password.
What else should I have?

I'm new at this linked server stuff!

Product Name:
Data Source:
Provider String:
Location:
Catalog:

Thanks,

Oskar

At the risk of asking a silly question, have you created and tested
the DSN successfully on the MSSQL server itself, and is the DSN a
system DSN? Assuming it works OK from Control Panel, then I would try
adding the linked server using Query Analyzer:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'Unify',
@provider = 'MSDASQL',
@datasrc = 'CORE_OFFICE1'

Simon

Yes, the odbc driver is installed on the sql server box. However, I had
it as a User DSN instead of a System DSN. I changed that and now I get
this error:
Error 7399, authentication failed. Data source rejected connection attempt.

I put the 'sa' user as the local account on the linked server security
tab and I put the unix user/password as the remote account.
I think this is getting closer, but it's still not there!

Thanks,

Oskar

ps. In the odbc driver configuration, I put the DSN name, the server IP
address, the remote user account/password. On the USER DSN tab, when I
open it again, I can see all the details I put - they stayed there.
But on the SYSTEM DSN, I do the same thing but when I open the driver
config. again after I've entered the details the only thing that is
visible is the DSN. Everything else is blank. Why is that?

[pheonix1t]

Simon Hayes wrote:

pheonix1t <ph***************************@com.com> wrote in message news:<vv***************@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com >...

hello,
I'm trying to create a linked server from an SQL2000 to a Unify ELS
(very old, odbc is version 1) database on SCO unix.
The odbc driver is old but it works fine when used by applications for
creating reports.
What I want to do is make a linked server from the SCO box to the win2k
box. So, I'm using enterprise manager to create the linked server.
The DSN of the unify database is CORE_OFFICE1

I'm getting 'Error 7399: OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error.
Datasource name not found and no default driver specified.

When I create the linked server I chose the OLE DB for ODBC drivers.
I put 'CORE_OFFICE1' for the Data Source name. I also setup the
security with the name of a unix account for login/password.
What else should I have?

I'm new at this linked server stuff!

Product Name:
Data Source:
Provider String:
Location:
Catalog:

Thanks,

Oskar

At the risk of asking a silly question, have you created and tested
the DSN successfully on the MSSQL server itself, and is the DSN a
system DSN? Assuming it works OK from Control Panel, then I would try
adding the linked server using Query Analyzer:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'Unify',
@provider = 'MSDASQL',
@datasrc = 'CORE_OFFICE1'

Simon

Also, when I do the above, I get this:
Server: Message 15429, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_addlinkedserver,
line 72, '(null)' is an invalid product name

[Erland Sommarskog]

pheonix1t (ph***************************@com.com) writes:

Simon Hayes wrote:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'Unify',
@provider = 'MSDASQL',
@datasrc = 'CORE_OFFICE1'

Simon

Also, when I do the above, I get this:
Server: Message 15429, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_addlinkedserver,
line 72, '(null)' is an invalid product name

It seems you need to specify the @srvproduct parameter. However, I
believe that it is sufficient to pass an empty string.

As for the login problem, I decline. I'm not very good at setting
up linked-server logins myself.

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