An error reported on an ODBC driver has the following format:

ODBC_component is the component in which the error occurred. For example, an error message from INTERSOLV's SQL Server driver would look like this:

If you get this type of error, check the last ODBC call your application made for possible problems or contact Instantiations Support.

An error that occurs in the data source includes the data source name in the following format:

With this type of message, ODBC_component is the component that received the error from the data source indicated. For example, you may get the following message from an Oracle data source:

If you get this type of error, you did something incorrectly with the database system. Check your database system documentation for more information or consult your database administrator. In this example, you would check your Oracle documentation.

The driver manager is a DLL that establishes connections with drivers, submits requests to drivers, and returns results to applications. An error that occurs in the driver manager has the following format:

vendor can be Microsoft or INTERSOLV. For example, an error from the Microsoft driver manager might look like this:

If you get this type of error, consult the Programmer's Reference for the Microsoft ODBC Software Development Kit, available from Microsoft.