Verifying the ODBC Data Sources for Siebel Tools

This task is part of Verifying Installation for Siebel Tools.

The Siebel Tools installer creates the ODBC data sources described in the following table. By default, these are created as system data sources, which are visible to all of the user accounts on the computer where Siebel Tools is installed.

Data Source	Use
SSD default instance	Connects to the Microsoft SQL Server database or the Oracle Database.
SSD	Connects to the IBM DB2 database.

For Oracle Database, verify that the following registry keys are set as shown. These values are required in order for the ODBC driver to behave correctly.

PacketSize = 0
EnableScrollableCursors = 0
ColumnsAsChar = 1
ColumnSizeAsCharacter = 1

For more information about how to run the Microsoft ODBC Administrator to verify ODBC data sources, see Verifying the ODBC Data Source. See also Requirements for Installing Siebel Tools.