About this document, Intended audience, Document organization – HP Integrity NonStop H-Series User Manual
Page 5: New and changed information in this edition, Notation conventions, General syntax notation
About this document
This manual describes how to install, configure and use the ODBC/MX client drivers. These drivers
allow HP-UX, Linux32, Linux64, OSS and Windows applications developed for Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) to access data from an SQL/MX database on a NonStop system.
Intended audience
This manual is intended for the following audience:
•
ODBC application programmers who develop applications to access data from an SQL/MX
database
•
Administrators installing and configuring the driver on the HP-UX, Linux, OSS, and Windows
platforms
Document organization
Description
Chapter Name
Provides an overview of the ODBC/MX client drivers.
Describes procedures to install the ODBC/MX client drivers.
Chapter 2: Installing the drivers
Describes steps to configure the client data sources.
Chapter 3: Configuring data sources
Lists the compatibility for the drivers.
Chapter 4: Compatibility and considerations
Lists the error codes and messages.
Provides a sample ODBC application.
Appendix A: Sample ODBC application
New and changed information in this edition
Changes to the 734873–002 manual:
•
Added information about AutoCommit in
“Managing transactions” (page 34)
•
Added information about Linux 64 bit driver across the manual.
This manual combines the following manuals:
•
Open System Services ODBC/MX Client Driver for SQL/MX Release 3.2.1
•
Linux ODBC/MX Client Driver for SQL/MX Release 3.2.1
•
ODBC/MX Driver for Windows Manual for SQL/MX Release 3.2.1
This manual also contains added information on configuring secure ODBC connection for NonStop
SSL, HP-UX driver, and Unicode support in Windows ODBC/MX client driver.
Notation conventions
General syntax notation
This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual.
UPPERCASE LETTERS
Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words. Type these items exactly as shown.
Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:
SELECT
Intended audience
5