Very Computer

Greetings!

I am writing an MS Access 97 application that needs to access a
Btrieve database on a NetWare server.

Q: what software do I need to do this?

Regards,
-Roger

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Roger Hunen
Data Communications Specialist
Medtronic BV, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Tel. +31-45-5668961

You could use ODBC drivers (I would recommend www.intersolv.com for Btrieve
6.15 and www.pervasive.com itself for Pervasive SQL 7.0

Or maybe (I don't know) it is possible to use ActiveX controls in access,
you could use the ones from www.smithware.com (recently bought by
Pervasive).

Danny Feryn
Developer

Softamed IVR
Belgium

Quote:

> I have simmilar problem and everybody told me to use ODBC driver. But, in
> that case You have to install SQL engine on the server where are btrieve data
> files. I don't want to use ODBC because all of those drivers are very slow
> and in that case I am loosing the power of Btrieve.

> I've heard that "Classic Data Control for Btrieve" from Classic Softvare Inc.
> allows You to do it without ODBC. Like an old good DOS driver.

> If You decide to try please contact me with Your experience.

> I hope I am helping You!

> BYE,
> Srdjan Liscevic, B.Sc.E.Eng
> INFO Dpt. Mgr.
> ENERGOPROJEKT YU

I'm afraid you are wrong.
1. You don't need Scalable SQL on a server to establish an ODBC-connection.
2. ODBC isn't slow. You can see this clearly, if you create a pass-through query
from MS-Access.
3. The Classic Data Controls aren't as good as Smithware's.

Regards,

Dr. Bernhard Strohmeier