Database Set-up Admin
ODBC on Microsoft 32-bit Windows Platform
for UNIX and Linux Platforms please click here
Before you can extract journal file parameters to a database (more
. . .), the following procedures must be carried out to establish a connection with the
database.
.
It should only be necessary to carry this function out once for each machine on which TETware
professional is installed.
- Click the Start button on your Windows Task Bar (Windows '9x and NT users). Then select Settings, then Control Panel.
(If you are using Windows 2000 click on Administrative Tools).
Double click on the ODBC Data Source (32bit) icon.
Select the System DSN tab, then click on the Add button
- Choose the driver for your data source (e.g. Microsoft Access Database Driver). Click on Finish.
- The ODBC Microsoft Access Setup window will open. Type in the Data Source Name (e.g. TETbase) then type its description (e.g. Microsoft Access Driver [*.mdb]). Then Click on Select or Create.
- If you picked Select then you will have to look for your file in the drive and the directory where you already have your database set, then click on OK
.
- If you picked Create then choose the drive and directory where you have your database file (we suggest you use the same directory where you have your TETware
professional program installed, i.e. your TET_ROOT directory). Then give the file a name and click on OK.
- An ODBC Microsoft Access message box will open, with a message "Database Z:\ddd\eee.mbd was successfully created". (Where 'Z' is the Drive letter, 'ddd' is the directory, and eee.mbd is the name of the Database file). Then Click on OK.
- Now close the entire ODBC Setup windows by clicking on OK or Exit all the way through.
UNIX and Linux Operating Systems
Unlike on the Windows platform with the ODBC data source and driver setup, there is no need to go through any database set up on either UNIX or Linux Operating Systems. The user will perform the only database setup that needs to be carried out while configuring a Test
Run.