Installation and Configuration Guide

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Step 3. Define an ODBC Data Source

You must define an ODBC data source on the Search Server to connect to Oracle. The

MDM Registry Edition

components access the database through ODBC except the

MDM Registry Edition

Table Loader, which directly loads data into the database. You must create ODBC data sources for each database that you plan to access.

To define an ODBC data source, open the

odbc.ini

file that you can find in the

<MDM Registry Edition Installation Directory>\bin

directory, and add or update the following database entries:

[<Service Name>]
driver = <ODBC Driver>
server = <Native Database Service>
ServerName=<Oracle Database Instance>

Configure the following parameters:

Service Name: Service name that
MDM Registry Edition
uses to refer to the database service.
ODBC Driver: Name of the ODBC driver that communicates with the database. The driver name does not include the directory path.; Use one of the following values:
On Windows.
sqora32.dll
On UNIX.
libsqora.so
Native Database Service: Name of the database service that you configure in the database.
Oracle Database Instance: Name of the database instance. The
MDM Registry Edition
installer uses the same value as that of the database service.

You can find a sample configuration file,

odbc.ini.ori

, in the following directory:

On Windows.

<MDM Registry Edition Installation Directory>\bin

On UNIX.

<MDM Registry Edition Installation Directory>/bin

If you use multiple databases, add the database entries for each database. For example:

[oraclesrc] 
driver = ssaoci9.dll 
server = oraclesrc 

[oracletgt] 
driver = ssaoci9.dll 
server = oracletgt