Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
By the way, I don't know if this is important or not, I can access the DB fine through MSQuery and the DSN I set up. From within the same Excel instance.
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Is there a way to get more information?
Yes, in Windows: Start, Settings, Control panel, Administrative Tools,
Data Sources (ODBC), System DSN
Useful to know what ODBC driver we are dealing with here!
RBS
On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2012-05-02, at 6:32 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote:
What is your ODBC driver?
I don't know, it came with the Fishbowl system. Is there a way to get more
information?
strConn = Driver={Firebird/InterBase(r) driver}; _
Dbname=c:\Program Files\Fishbowl\database\data\AS SOLAR.FDB;
OpenDBConnection strConn, XXX, YYY
Ahhh, progress, but not for the reason you think!
I used the string above and it did not work - same Automation Error. So
then I started suspecting that perhaps this was due to permissions. So I
opened the same code under an admin account. It still doesn't work, but at
least now I have more information!
[ODBC Firebird Driver]Unable to connect to data source: library 'gds32.dll'
failed to load.
I have noticed one difference between the ODBC manager setup and this
connection string: the ODBC setup includes a client line. However,
adding…
Client=c:\Program Files\Fishbowl\odbc\fbclient64.dll;
to the connection string didn't improve matters.
I *suspect* this has something to do with 32/64 bit issues, or a
mis-registered DLL.
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Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
It looks you may have a different driver than me. What does it say in the Driver box under System DSN, select the Firebird/Interbase driver and then Confirgure? I have there lscDbc and the file is ODBCJDNC.dll Different driver may mean different connection string needed. RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 9:41 AM, Maury Markowitz wrote: On 2012-05-02, at 6:32 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: What is your ODBC driver? I don't know, it came with the Fishbowl system. Is there a way to get more information? Ok, I found it: Firebird/Interbase® driver, 2.00.00.150, IBPhoenix Inc., ODBCFB.DLL, 11/4/2010 ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Following Versions must be installed: - Excel 64 Bit: o Firebird Client 64 Bit (included in normal Firebird Server Install) o Firebird ODBC 64 Bit - Excel 32 Bit: o Firebird Client 32 Bit (included in normal Firebird Server Install) o Firebird ODBC 32 Bit Michael It looks you may have a different driver than me. What does it say in the Driver box under System DSN, select the Firebird/Interbase driver and then Confirgure? I have there lscDbc and the file is ODBCJDNC.dll Different driver may mean different connection string needed. RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com mailto:maury.markowitz%40gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 9:41 AM, Maury Markowitz wrote: On 2012-05-02, at 6:32 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: What is your ODBC driver? I don't know, it came with the Fishbowl system. Is there a way to get more information? Ok, I found it: Firebird/Interbase® driver, 2.00.00.150, IBPhoenix Inc., ODBCFB.DLL, 11/4/2010 ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Sorry, should read ODBCJDBC.dll RBS On 5/3/12, Michael Möhle m.moe...@mbd-team.de wrote: Following Versions must be installed: - Excel 64 Bit: o Firebird Client 64 Bit (included in normal Firebird Server Install) o Firebird ODBC 64 Bit - Excel 32 Bit: o Firebird Client 32 Bit (included in normal Firebird Server Install) o Firebird ODBC 32 Bit Michael It looks you may have a different driver than me. What does it say in the Driver box under System DSN, select the Firebird/Interbase driver and then Confirgure? I have there lscDbc and the file is ODBCJDNC.dll Different driver may mean different connection string needed. RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com mailto:maury.markowitz%40gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 9:41 AM, Maury Markowitz wrote: On 2012-05-02, at 6:32 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: What is your ODBC driver? I don't know, it came with the Fishbowl system. Is there a way to get more information? Ok, I found it: Firebird/Interbase® driver, 2.00.00.150, IBPhoenix Inc., ODBCFB.DLL, 11/4/2010 ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Following Versions must be installed: - Excel 64 Bit: - Excel 32 Bit: Hey Michael, is there an easy way to see which version of Excel I'm running? I think this may be the issue... Open Windows Task Manager. On Windows 64-bit. If you see a *32 behind the process name, then it is 32-bit, otherwise 64-bit. -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer (^TS^) Firebird Technology Evangelist http://www.upscene.com/ Do you care about the future of Firebird? Join the Firebird Foundation: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-foundation/
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
On 2012-05-03, at 11:34 AM, Thomas Steinmaurer wrote: Open Windows Task Manager. On Windows 64-bit. If you see a *32 behind the process name, then it is 32-bit, otherwise 64-bit. It is 64 bit. That *suggests* that I'm using the correct driver, installed from Firebird_ODBC_2.0.0.150_x64.exe What is interesting, however, is that the error message implied it was trying to contact the 32bit version of some dll.
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
On 2012-05-03, at 11:51 AM, Bart Smissaert wrote: Here are various ODBC connection strings for Firebird: http://www.connectionstrings.com/firebird No joy. I tried them all, they all fail with the same useless error message.
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
The driver box says IscDbc. That is not a file name as far as I know. The file I have is C:\WINDOWS\system32\OdbcJdbc.dll RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 11:15 AM, Michael Möhle wrote: It looks you may have a different driver than me. What does it say in the Driver box under System DSN, select the Firebird/Interbase driver and then Confirgure? I have there lscDbc and the file is ODBCJDNC.dll Different driver may mean different connection string needed. The driver box says IscDbc. It's a combo, but there's nothing else in it. I do not have that file, where is it being referred to? The file I have is fbclient64.dll. That is referred to in the Client line of the Configure… screen. ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
On 2012-05-03, at 11:59 AM, Bart Smissaert wrote: The driver box says IscDbc. That is not a file name as far as I know. The file I have is C:\WINDOWS\system32\OdbcJdbc.dll So I went to the System32 folder… but are we not talking about 64bit stuff? Do they put 64bit stuff in System32?! Looking in the folder I see a range of Odbc___.dll files. The ones of interest appear to be OdbcFb.dll, .lib and .pdb There is also a CHM. It does not contain any reference to OdbcFb.dll, but it does refer to IscDbc.dll and OdbcJdbc.dll, neither of which exist on my system. The file also refers to itself as OdbcJdbc.chm, when that is not its actual name. So I suspect that the driver was recently renamed from OdbcJdbc.dll to OdbcFb.dll However, I also strongly suspect that none of this would have any effect on the problem. In particular, the help file has a number of connection string examples, but all of them are the same as what we are attempting here, with no luck. The file that supplied the driver can be found here: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/odbc-driver/ ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
I am on Firebird 1.5, so maybe my setup and code doesn't apply to you. The code I showed you is for a DSN-less connection. You could try instead with a DSN like for example this connection string: DSN=DSN_Name;UID=;PWD= RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 11:59 AM, Bart Smissaert wrote: The driver box says IscDbc. That is not a file name as far as I know. The file I have is C:\WINDOWS\system32\OdbcJdbc.dll So I went to the System32 folder… but are we not talking about 64bit stuff? Do they put 64bit stuff in System32?! Looking in the folder I see a range of Odbc___.dll files. The ones of interest appear to be OdbcFb.dll, .lib and .pdb There is also a CHM. It does not contain any reference to OdbcFb.dll, but it does refer to IscDbc.dll and OdbcJdbc.dll, neither of which exist on my system. The file also refers to itself as OdbcJdbc.chm, when that is not its actual name. So I suspect that the driver was recently renamed from OdbcJdbc.dll to OdbcFb.dll However, I also strongly suspect that none of this would have any effect on the problem. In particular, the help file has a number of connection string examples, but all of them are the same as what we are attempting here, with no luck. The file that supplied the driver can be found here: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/odbc-driver/ ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Bart, The driver box says IscDbc. That is not a file name as far as I know. The file I have is C:\WINDOWS\system32\OdbcJdbc.dll Let's step back. Let's start by setting up an ODBC DSN -- we will use that to ensure that the basic connectivity is working. When you press the Test button on the ODBC DSN want happens? Sean
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
On 2012-05-03, at 12:49 PM, Leyne, Sean wrote: Let's start by setting up an ODBC DSN -- we will use that to ensure that the basic connectivity is working. When you press the Test button on the ODBC DSN want happens? It works perfectly. And that DNS also works perfectly in iSQL and many other SQL-front-end programs. And one of those working programs is MSQuery, which happily dumps the expected data into Excel. But when I call that same DNS from ADODB in VBA, it fails. Yes, I have tried calling the DSN from the connection string in VBA. That fails too.
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Yes, you are right, but I took it that worked otherwise no point in trying to use it in Excel. Also I think he did manage to get data in Excel via Data, Import external data etc. RBS On 5/3/12, Leyne, Sean s...@broadviewsoftware.com wrote: Bart, The driver box says IscDbc. That is not a file name as far as I know. The file I have is C:\WINDOWS\system32\OdbcJdbc.dll Let's step back. Let's start by setting up an ODBC DSN -- we will use that to ensure that the basic connectivity is working. When you press the Test button on the ODBC DSN want happens? Sean
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Yes, I have tried calling the DSN from the connection string in VBA Can you show that exact connection string? RBS On 5/3/12, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012-05-03, at 12:49 PM, Leyne, Sean wrote: Let's start by setting up an ODBC DSN -- we will use that to ensure that the basic connectivity is working. When you press the Test button on the ODBC DSN want happens? It works perfectly. And that DNS also works perfectly in iSQL and many other SQL-front-end programs. And one of those working programs is MSQuery, which happily dumps the expected data into Excel. But when I call that same DNS from ADODB in VBA, it fails. Yes, I have tried calling the DSN from the connection string in VBA. That fails too.
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
On 2012-05-03, at 12:56 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: Yes, I have tried calling the DSN from the connection string in VBA Can you show that exact connection string? conn.Open DSN=Fishbowl;, GONE, FISHING Wait wait wait… is there a possibility that I'm using the wrong ADO inside Excel? Is there a separate 64-bit version that I should be including? ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Maybe it is the following problem: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissue s/thread/3a4ce946-effa-4f77-98a6-34f11c6b5a13 Michael -Original Message- From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Maury Markowitz Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 7:47 PM To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel? On 2012-05-03, at 12:56 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: Yes, I have tried calling the DSN from the connection string in VBA Can you show that exact connection string? conn.Open DSN=Fishbowl;, GONE, FISHING Wait wait wait is there a possibility that I'm using the wrong ADO inside Excel? Is there a separate 64-bit version that I should be including? ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [firebird-support] Re: building a DLL and trying to use gcc
OW - so embarrassed. The GCC compiler is 32 bit and the firebird libraries are 64 bit. Too bad finding filetypes in Microsoft land is such a hassle. Unix/Linux file saved the day. I copied the files over and the results told all.
[firebird-support] Slow Commit
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a box running ubuntu + firebird that has been running for a while. The old box has Ubuntu 8.04 + firebird 2.1.1 SS running on dual core hardware. The new box has Ubuntu 10.04 + firebird 2.1.4 SS running on a 8 core hareware. I undestand that there are too many variables involved, but is hard to maintain all systems the same to perform the tests. After performing many tests using a profiler, I arrived to the conclusion that the commits take a lot longer on the new hardware configuration. Everything is running faster but commiting takes longer. The hard disk hardware is better, a 7200 RMP SATA drive. Does anybody have any suggestions? PS: On the new hardware, I first installed firebird 2.1.4 Classic, because of lousy performance I changed it to SS. Thanks in advance.
[firebird-support] Re: Slow Commit
A couple of clarifications: 1) I'm replacing the old box with a new one. 2) I'm performing all the tests using a copy of the same database file. --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, aalliana aalliana@... wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a box running ubuntu + firebird that has been running for a while. The old box has Ubuntu 8.04 + firebird 2.1.1 SS running on dual core hardware. The new box has Ubuntu 10.04 + firebird 2.1.4 SS running on a 8 core hareware. I undestand that there are too many variables involved, but is hard to maintain all systems the same to perform the tests. After performing many tests using a profiler, I arrived to the conclusion that the commits take a lot longer on the new hardware configuration. Everything is running faster but commiting takes longer. The hard disk hardware is better, a 7200 RMP SATA drive. Does anybody have any suggestions? PS: On the new hardware, I first installed firebird 2.1.4 Classic, because of lousy performance I changed it to SS. Thanks in advance.
RE: [firebird-support] Slow Commit - Email found in subject
I'm trying to upgrade a box running ubuntu + firebird that has been running for a while. The old box has Ubuntu 8.04 + firebird 2.1.1 SS running on dual core hardware. The new box has Ubuntu 10.04 + firebird 2.1.4 SS running on a 8 core hareware. I undestand that there are too many variables involved, but is hard to maintain all systems the same to perform the tests. After performing many tests using a profiler, I arrived to the conclusion that the commits take a lot longer on the new hardware configuration. Everything is running faster but commiting takes longer. Confirm the file systems of new box. Sean
Re: [firebird-support] Calling Firebird from Excel?
Oh, I think this might be in. According to some forum posts over on MS Live (love that name!) ADODB does not run under 64-bit. Sweet! Chime in if you're using ADO on 64-bit Excel, this post might just be wrong. According to the same post, there are other technologies I might have to use, but I'm not entirely clear whether or not these can be used from within Excel. ++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[firebird-support] Where is firebird.log located
Hi all! As far as I understand there is a firebird.log-file on client and on server side. I have firebird 1.5.6 installed on Windows 7 and a Windows 2008 Server and I'm looking for the server side Firebird.log-file but cannot find it on both machines. Where should it be located? In the same folder as Firebird is installed? Is it possible that it's not created because Firebird misses some rights to write to this folder? When I try to extract the log with IBExpert I get the message Service API is unavailable or Server is unavailable Thanks for your help Daniel
