Re: CA ODBC as an NT Service

James --

What is the client that you've set up as trying to use ODBC?  Access,
Excel, something else, or something homegrown?

Gary

James Turnbull wrote:
> 
> Yes I meant the Client Access ODBC service.  Got to look what I type before I 
>send.
> 
> My understanding was that you no longer require a continuous connection to the
> AS/400 to pull ODBC data.  As long as the service was started that was 
>enough.  But
> after following the instructions on IBM's web page and the manual I get no 
>dice.
> Can you quickly give a run down of what you did?  It would be much 
>appreciated.
> 
>                                                         James Turnbull
> 
> Gary L Peskin wrote:
> 
> > James --
> >
> > I don't believe that you can set up Client Access as an NT service
> > itself.  A service is just NT's version of a batch program, usually
> > never ending.  It has no easy access the to logged in user's display.
> >
> > If you're talking about using Client Access ODBC *from* an NT service,
> > this is one of the new features of v3r1m3.  I've set this up several
> > times and it (finally) works great!!  However, Client Access ODBC is not
> > a service in itself.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > James Turnbull wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried to set up Client Access as an NT Service?  I have
> > > followed IBM's instructions and nothing doing.  I can find no new
> > > service listed.
> > >
> > > I have V3R1M3 (GA) and the latest Service Pack.
> > > NT 4.0 (Workstation)
> > >
> > >                                                         James Turnbull
> > >
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