Bookshelf v7.7: Verifying ODBC Data Sources for the Siebel Mobile and Dedicated Web Client

The Siebel client installer creates the ODBC data sources shown in Table 19. By default, these are created as user data sources, which are visible only to the user account under which the Siebel client is installed.

If two or more users need to log in using the same Windows client machine, install the client using the SystemDSN parameter instead of the UserDSN parameter in the siebel.ini file.

For each data source name, an optional DSN suffix may be defined to allow multiple DSN instances to be referenced from the siebel.ini file. This is required if you will install multiple instances of the Siebel software on the same machine, each of which will access a different data source. In the data sources shown in Table 19, the DSN suffix is represented as optional_DSN_suffix. In the siebel.ini file, the suffix is specified using the parameter DsnSufix. Usually this parameter is set to default instance. If you require additional instances of this DSN to be defined in the siebel.ini file, set this parameter to an appropriate string value for each additional DSN instance.

For more information about creating custom installer packages, see Going Live with Siebel eBusiness Applications.

NOTE: Make sure to use the ODBC drivers described in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.

Table 19. Siebel Client ODBC Data Sources
Data Source	When It Is Used
SEAW DB2UDB optional_DSN_suffix	For IBM DB2 installations only, connects to the DB2 database.
SEAW Local Db optional_DSN_suffix	Connects to the local database (SQL Anywhere).
SEAW Samp Db optional_DSN_suffix	Connects to the Siebel Sample Database (SQL Anywhere).
SEAW Oracle optional_DSN_suffix	For Oracle installations only, connects to the Oracle database. This data source is used only by the Siebel administrator when creating Siebel Anywhere upgrade kits. If you are using Oracle 9i, for the Dedicated Web Client, this data source must include the following settings, which are specified in the applicable registry entry: ColumnsAsChar = 1 ColumnSizeAsCharacter = 1
SEAW Search optional_DSN_suffix	ODBC data source used by Hummingbird SearchServer; created only if Hummingbird is installed. This data source is always created as a SystemDSN.
SEAW Text optional_DSN_suffix	Used for reporting and data merge into the local SQL Anywhere database.