Configuring Data Source Names on UNIX Systems

ODBC Administrator is not available on UNIX systems. On AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux, you must manually set environment variables and edit the odbc.ini file. You can edit the odbc.ini file (using a text editor such as vi) to configure, add, or change data sources names, and to add or change drivers.

Note:

Integration Services does not support data source table names and column names that contain spaces or special characters, such as a period (.). See Integration Services Limits and Guidelines for a complete listing of the unsupported characters.

Flat File Data Sources: If you are using a flat file data source, you must define the structure of the text files in your data source in a QETXT.INI file. The process for creating the QETXT.INI file for UNIX operating systems is described in the DataDirect Connect ODBC Reference in the PDF file in products/common/ODBC/Merant/6.0/books.