Hi John,
actually this discussion is not ROOT related (although there is a chance that RDBC would
be in ROOT someday).
> Hi guys,
>
> The problem was I filled my disk drive to bursting trying to install all
> this. Now that I moved stuff, ROOT works again.
>
> But I am stuck trying to connect to the ODBC database. I have
> previously used c++ commands like:
>
> TSQLServer *serv=0;
> serv =
> TSQLServer::Connect("mysql://cpc-tmt6.paxclearing.com/taq","user","password");
>
> ...to access a MySQL database, but I don't know the protocol to get to
> the ODBC (specifically, a Microsoft) database. It won't be "mysql:"
You can connect to M$ SQLServer via DSN as
TSQLServer::Connect("your_MS_SQL_DSN");
Check also http://www.freetds.org/
http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/FreeTDS.html
Regards. Valeriy
> anymore, right? But "odbc:" doesn't work, nor many other things I have
> tried. The ROOT website implies it is possible in the v3.02 release
> notes but shows no examples. Anybody have an example that works?
>
> - John
>
> --
>
> Dr. John Krane
> jkrane@netzero.com
>
>
>
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