diff --git a/documentation/configuring.sgml b/documentation/configuring.sgml index 6c5d796e638..c36f2ce5029 100644 --- a/documentation/configuring.sgml +++ b/documentation/configuring.sgml @@ -2875,9 +2875,50 @@ export LIB_ODBC_DRIVER_MANAGER=/usr/lib/libodbc.so.1.0.0 Using Windows ODBC drivers - Does anyone actually have any experience of this and anything to - add? + Native ODBC drivers have been reported to work for many types of + databases including MSSQL and Oracle. In fact, some like MSSQL can + only be accessed on Linux through a Winelib app. Rather than + just copying DLL files, most ODBC drivers require a Windows-based + installer to run to properly configure things such as registry keys. + + + In order to set up MSSQL support you will first need to download + and run the mdac_typ.exe installer from microsoft.com. In order to + configure your ODBC connections you must then run CLICONFG.EXE and + ODBCAD32.EXE under Wine. You can find them in the windows\system + directory after mdac_typ runs. Compare the output of these programs + with the output on a native Windows machine. Some things, such + as protocols, may be missing because they rely on being installed + along with the operating system. If so, you may be able to copy + missing functionality from an existing Windows installation as + well as any registry values required. A native Windows installation + configured to be used by Wine should work the same way it did + when run natively. + + + Types successfully tested under wine: + + + + + DB Type + Usefulness + + + + + MS SQL + 100% + + + + + + Please report any other successes to the + wine-devel + mailing list. +