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ORA-28500 when trying an ODBC connection to Sybase through HS [message #152141]

Wed, 21 December 2005 06:40

Maaher
Messages: 7065
Registered: December 2001

Senior Member

Hi,
I've been struggling with the following problem for some time now:

I have an Oracle EE Server 9.2.0.5 on Windows 2000 SP4. The client has provided a System DSN (ODBC DataSource) on this machine to a Sybase database. The driver used is Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0 (driver version 6.00.04.3799).
The ODBC driver seems to work fine in Access.

I've been asked to create a database link using Heterogeneous Services to connect from the Oracle database to the Sybase.

So far I've performed the following steps:

modified tnsnames.ora, I've added this entry:

#
# MHRG/AXI: HS Connection (through odbc) to PMS
#
PMS_ODBC = 
  (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)
                 (HOST = my_db_host)
                 (PORT = 1522)
      )
    (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = PMS))
    (HS = OK)
   )

modified listener.ora, in the sid_list I've added this entry:

(SID_DESC=
  (SID_NAME=PMS)
  (ORACLE_HOME=<oracle_home>
  (PROGRAM=hsodbc)
)

Added a initPMS.ora file in the <oracle_home>\hs\admin\:

# This is a sample agent init file that contains the HS parameters that are
# needed for an ODBC Agent. 

#
# HS init parameters
#
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO = the_odbc_data_source
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL = off


#
# Environment variables required for the non-Oracle system
#
#set <envvar>=<value>

bounced the listener.
In the user I've created a database link: CREATE DATABASE LINK pms_odbc USING 'PMS_ODBC';

Now, when I'm running a simple like

SELECT *
  FROM all_users@pms_odbc

I receive the following error:

ORA-28500: connection from ORACLE to a non-Oracle system returned this message:
[Generic Connectivity Using ODBC]Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error  126 
(Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0). 
(SQL State: 00000; SQL Code: 160)
ORA-02063: preceding 2 lines from PMS_ODBC

If I set HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL = 4 in the initPMS.ora file, I get this:

SQL> select *
  2    from all_users@pms_odbc
  3  /
  from all_users@pms_odbc
                 *
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-28500: connection from ORACLE to a non-Oracle system returned this message:
[Generic Connectivity Using ODBC]DRV_InitTdp: errors.h (1981): ; Specified
driver could not be loaded due to system error  126 
(Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0). 
(SQL State: 00000; SQL Code: 160)
ORA-02063: preceding 2 lines from PMS_ODBC

Any ideas?

MHE

[Updated on: Wed, 21 December 2005 10:56]

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Re: ORA-28500 when ... solved! [message #152198 is a reply to message #152141]

Wed, 21 December 2005 11:02

Maaher
Messages: 7065
Registered: December 2001

Senior Member

Ok, I've solved the problem (with the help of Oracle Support).
It came down to this:
the driver used was located on a remote system on a network drive. The user didn't have access to it. We copied the ODBC driver to the local machine and bounced the listener (yet again Razz

).
A second error I made was that I didn't provide the credentials in the creation of the database link.

So the solution was
1. use a local ODBC driver
2. restart the listener
3. use a database link with the correct Sybase credentials

MHE

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