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8.0.1 Mobile Link の推奨 ODBC ドライバ

The MobiLink server uses ODBC 3.0 to connect to the consolidated database. The information presented here is intended to help you choose which ODBC driver to use with your consolidated database.

In theory MobiLink should be able to use as a consolidated database any ODBC 3.0 data source that supports the optional ODBC functionality required by MobiLink, but in practice ODBC implementations vary widely. Different ODBC drivers have different capabilities, and the MobiLink server attempts to adapt to these by querying the driver. Typically the driver also has behavior (or bugs) that can't be detected by querying the driver. For these we test the driver in an attempt to find viable workarounds. Some workarounds are used for different consolidated database vendors, while others are specific to a vendor and even a specific version.

Once we have identified a set of workarounds that are required for a driver, we update the MobiLink server so that it recognizes the version of the driver, and automatically associates the set of workarounds with that version.

For some ODBC drivers, we are not able to develop viable workarounds for all issues. In these cases, you still may be able to use the driver if your synchronizations do not require the missing driver functionality.

For ease of testing, and to allow MobiLink to apply workarounds to drivers that it does not recognize, the MobiLink workarounds can be set by the undocumented –hw command-line switch. This switch and its associated workarounds are not documented because indiscriminate use of workarounds could cause data corruption or software errors.

Note that after workaround sets are identified, we can make future versions of MobiLink apply the associated hidden workaround switches automatically. Thus if you chose to use hidden workarounds directly, you may not need them with newer versions of the MobiLink server. Continued use of hidden switches with a newer MobiLink may even cause problems or reduced performance.

Driver testing

We use two types of testing of ODBC drivers with MobiLink.

The first, referred to as MLR, is a comprehensive suite of regression tests that exercise synchronization functionality. If some specific MLR tests fail, the driver may still be suitable as long as your synchronizations do not rely on the functionality that failed. For example, if the only MLR tests that fail are for synchronization of LONG BINARY data, then the driver may still be suitable for you if you are not using MobiLink to synchronize LONG BINARY data.

The second type of testing, referred to as MLB, is high-load testing involving many clients synchronizing simultaneously with a MobiLink server running on a multi-processor computer. We have found that some drivers will fail with multiple simultaneous connections or under high load while running on multiple processors. In these cases, you may need to restrict MobiLink to run on a single processor (via the -zt 1 switch) or limit it to a single worker thread (via the -w 1 switch).

Recommended Drivers

As a result of our testing, we recommend the following ODBC drivers for use with version 8.0.1 of the MobiLink server. Unless specified otherwise, the recommendations refer to the Windows version of MobiLink.

The following sections list the recommended ODBC driver for different types of consolidated database. In some cases, alternative drivers are also listed. Click on one of the consolidated DBMS types below to see recommended driver information for using MobiLink with that type of DBMS:

Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA)

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Oracle 8, 8i & 9i

Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000

IBM DB2 UDB 5.2, 7.1, 7.2

Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA)

Driver

Adaptive Server Anywhere 8.0

Version

8.0.1

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

None.

OS

Win32, Solaris, Linux, AIX

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwc+o+

Other required workarounds

None

Pros

All MLR and MLB tests pass.

Cons

None.

Notes

The MLR tests all pass with the ODBC driver included with ASA, and the MLB testing shows no problems with multiple clients simultaneously synchronizing through a MobiLink server running on a multi-processor computer.

On Unix and Linux, make sure the directory containing the symbolic link to your ASA ODBC driver is first in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This prevents the loading of the driver manager used by the non-ASA ODBC drivers. The ASA ODBC driver must not be used with this driver manager.

ASA 6.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 drivers also work with MobiLink without additional workarounds.

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Driver

iAnywhere Solutions 8 - Sybase ASE ODBC Driver
DataDirect Sybase Wire Protocol ODBC Driver

Version

4.00.00.34 (Win32), 4.00.00.00 (Solaris, Linux, AIX)

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

None

OS

Win32, Solaris, Linux, AIX

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+i+j+t+v+w+A+

Other required workarounds

-hwC+

Pros

All MLR tests pass.
All MLB tests pass using statement-based uploads only.

Cons

Synchronizations with cursor-based uploads fail under heavy load.

Notes

When setting up the DSN, on Win32, check the "Enable Describe Parameter" option and select the "2-Full" option for Prepare Method on Performance tab; on Solaris, Linux and AIX, set "OptimizePrepare=2" and other attributes using defaults. Setting "OptimizePrepare=3" and "SelectMethod=1" together would block ASE server.

The driver has problems calling ASE 12.5 stored procedures which have output values, but not ASE 12 stored procedures. The -hwC+ worksround solves the problem.

On Unix, the driver doesn't show the correct minor version number. The driver name is wqase17.so and the file date is Jun 17, 2002. The bug will be fixed in an EBF.

Driver

DataDirect Sybase Wire Protocol ODBC Driver

Version

4.10.00.30 (Win32), 4.10.00.28 (Solaris, Linux, AIX)

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

None

OS

Win32, Solaris, Linux, AIX

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+i+j+t+v+w+A+

Other required workarounds

-hwC+

Pros

All MLR tests pass.
All MLB tests pass using statement-based uploads only.

Cons

Synchronizations with cursor-based uploads fail under heavy load.

Notes

When setting up the DSN, on Win32, check the "Enable Describe Parameter" option and select the "2-Full" option for Prepare Method on Performance tab; on Solaris, Linux and AIX, set "OptimizePrepare=2" and other attributes using defaults. Setting "OptimizePrepare=3" and "SelectMethod=1" together would block ASE server.

The performance of this driver (4.1) is better than the 4.0 driver.

Oracle 8, 8i & 9i

We have found the greatest variability between driver versions with Oracle's ODBC drivers. In many cases, new bugs have appeared in subsequent versions of the ODBC driver so if you have an Oracle ODBC driver that works for you, then we recommend that you continue to use it. Most Oracle produced ODBC drivers seem to have multi-threading issues.

Driver

iAnywhere Solutions 8 - Oracle 8, 8i & 9i
DataDirect Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

4.00.00.31 (Win32), 4.00.0000 (Solaris, Linux)

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink

Client s/w

Net8 8.1.7.0.0, Net8 8.1.7.0.1 (Linux), Net 9.0.1.1.1

OS

Win32, Solaris, Linux

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+i+k+w+A+

Other required workarounds

-hwC+ required for cursor based upload scripts,

-hwF+ required for Oracle 8.1.6.

Pros

Pass all MLR tests;
Passes MLB tests.

Cons

The Oracle TIMESTAMP type is not supported by this driver.

This driver has problems with double-hyphen comments and unnecessary semicolons.

Notes

This driver is the best choice for Oracle 8, 8i & 9i.

When setting up the DSN, on Win32, don't check "Enable Static Cursors for Long Data"; on Unix, don't set EnableStaticCursorsForLongData=1, it will adversely affect MobiLink performance. "Application Using Threads" should always be checked on Win32 or "ApplicationUsingThreads=1" should be set on Unix.

On Linux, Net8 version 8.1.7.0.1 is required, plus a patch that addresses Oracle bugs 1489496 and 1467074.

On Unix, unset the LC_MESSAGES enviroment variable or set the LC_MESSAGES=en_US. Improper setting of LC_MESSAGES will make the driver unusable.

It's best if the character set of the Oracle client is the same as the database server character set. If they are different, there are many ways mentioned in Oracle documents to avoid the problem, the simplest way is setting the NLS_LANG enviroment variable on the client side. For example, on Unix, if the charset of consolidated database is WE8ISO8859P1, export NLS_LANG on the command line as
    export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1

For Oracle 8.1.6 server, the workaround -hwF+ needs to fix the script fetching problem.

On Unix, the driver doesn't show up the correct minor version number. The driver name is wqor817.so and the file date is Jun 17, 2002.

Driver

DataDirect Oracle Wire Protocol ODBC Driver

Version

4.00.00.32

Status

Not Recommended for use with MobiLink

Client s/w

None

OS

Win32, Solaris, Linux, AIX

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+i+k+w+A+

Other required workarounds

None

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.

Cons

BLOB, CLOB, LONG and LONG RAW tests for the new-row and old-row conflict-resolution scripts (new_row_cursor, old_row_cursor, upload_new_row_insert, upload_old_row_insert) failed.

This driver cannot handle BLOB or LONG RAW data of zero length.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

9.00.11.00

Status

Not recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

Oracle Net 9.0.1.1.1

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwd+k+

Other required workarounds

None

Pros

Passes most MLR tests. Passes MLB tests when run with a single MobiLink worker thread.

Cons

The Oracle TIMESTAMP type is not supported by this driver.

Fails MLB tests with conversion errors when run with multiple MobiLink worker threads.

For statement-based uploads, LONG and LONG RAW synchronization failed, and the tests for zero-length BLOB and CLOB failed with a crash.

For cursor-based uploads, LONG, BLOB and CLOB conflict-resolution tests failed.

The test for inserting the username as an extra column (or parameter) to the new row (new_row_cursor, upload_new_row_insert) and old row (old_row_cursor, upload_old_row_insert) scripts failed.

Notes

In DSN settings, SQLGetData Extensions should be checked.

This driver tends to fail with multiple simultaneous synchronizations even when running only on a single processor. Therefore we do not recommend it. The failure typically occurs as a conversion error ("ORA-01461 can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column" or "ORA-01460 unimplemented or unreasonable conversion requested").

You can restrict it to work on only one synchronization at a time by limiting the number of MobiLink worker threads to one (via ?w 1), but this will seriously limit throughput performance.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

8.0.5.8.0

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

Net8 8.0.5.0.0 or 8.0.5.0.3

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwd+h+k+r+s+

Other required workarounds

?zt 1 (to restrict execution to a single processor)

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.
Passes MLB tests when run on a single processor.

Cons

Tests for zero-length string and binary values fail.

LONG and LONG RAW synchronization tests fail when using statement-based uploads. BLOB tests fail when using cursor-based uploads.

Fails MLB tests when run on multiple processors.

Notes

When run under high load from multiple connections on multiple processors, an application exception will eventually occur in an Oracle ODBC driver DLL. Typically this occurs as an unknown exception (0xebad0000) in ORA805.DLL (which is called from OCI.DLL). On a multiple-processor computer, you can restrict MobiLink (and hence the ODBC driver) to execute on a single processor by using the ?zt 1 MobiLink command-line option.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

8.0.5.10.0

Status

Not recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

Net8 8.0.5.0.0

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwd+f+h+k+p+r+s+

Other required workarounds

-hwp-q+

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.

Cons

Fails a few MLR tests with "ORA-933: SQL command not properly ended" errors.
Fails MLR tests for LONG VARCHAR and LONG BINARY with "ORA-24801: illegal parameter value in OCI lob function" errors.
Fails MLB tests with "option value changed" and "Invalid attribute/option identifier <0>" errors.

Notes

We were unable to determine the cause of the ORA-933 errors in the MLR tests.

With version 8.0.5.10.0 of the Oracle ODBC driver, the MLB tests could not be run at all. The tests failed from driver errors about invalid attribute/option identifier and changed option values. The same problem occurs with version 8.0.5.9.0 of the Oracle ODBC driver.

We have not been able to determine a viable workaround for these issues, but we are aware that some customers are able to use this driver successfully.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

8.1.6.2.0

Status

Not recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

Net8 8.1.6.0.0

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

None

Other required workarounds

-hwd+r+ ?s 1

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.

Cons

Fails MLR tests for LONG VARCHAR and LONG BINARY columns.

MLR test with REAL columns failed because values uploaded were slightly different when downloaded. This is yet another good reason to stay away from imprecise types like REAL.

Need to disable bulk fetching (via ?s 1). Since rows must be fetched one at a time download performance is adversely affected.

Notes

MLB tests have not been performed with this driver. It may have multi-threaded problems as do all the Oracle ODBC drivers for which we have been able to do MLB testing.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

8.1.7.0.0

Status

Not recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

Net8 8.1.7.0.0

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

None

Other required workarounds

-hwd+h+k+r+

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.

Cons

Fails MLR tests for LONG VARCHAR and LONG BINARY with "ORA-24801: illegal parameter value in OCI lob function" errors.
Fails MLB tests with "option value changed" and "Invalid attribute/option identifier <0>" errors.

Notes

The MLB tests could not be run at all. The tests failed from driver errors about invalid attribute/option identifier and changed option values.

We have not been able to determine a viable workaround for this issue, but we are aware that some customers are able to use this driver successfully.

Driver

Oracle ODBC Driver

Version

8.1.7.2.0

Status

Not recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

Net8 8.1.7.0.0

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

None

Other required workarounds

-hwd+h+k+n+r+

Pros

Passes most MLR tests. Passes MLB tests when run with a single MobiLink worker thread.

Cons

Fails many MLR tests when executing a stored procedure that is part of the setup for several tests.
Fails MLB tests with conversion errors when run with multiple MobiLink worker threads.

Notes

Version 8.1.7.2.0 of the Oracle ODBC driver (with Net8 8.1.7.0.0) tends to fail with multiple simultaneous synchronizations even when running only on a single processor. Therefore we do not recommend it. The failure typically occurs as a conversion error ("ORA-01461 can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column" or "ORA-01460 unimplemented or unreasonable conversion requested").

You can restrict it to work on only one synchronization at a time by limiting the number of MobiLink worker threads to one (via ?w 1), but this will seriously limit throughput performance.

Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000

Important: With any version of SQL Server, you should specify "SET NOCOUNT ON" as the first statement in all stored procedures or SQL batches executed via ODBC. Without this option, a "number of rows affected" message is sent to MobiLink for each statement executed. If you are doing a relatively large number of inserts, updates, and select into statements, these messages can fill network buffers resulting in data being lost without any indication that it is being lost!

Driver

Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver

Version

3.60.03.19 (for SQL Server 7)
2000.80.194.00 (for SQL Server 2000)

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink.

Client s/w

None

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwq+e+C+ ( For MSS 2000 )
-hwq+e ( For MSS 7 )

Other required workarounds

None

Pros

Passes all MLR and MLB tests.

Cons

None

Notes

Be sure to put "SET NOCOUNT ON" at the start of all stored procedures.

For SQL Server 2000, the driver has problem with
    { call MyMSSProc(?, ?, ? ) },
using the native version
    exec MyMSSProc ?, ?, ?
instead.

The MLR tests all pass with the ODBC drivers included with Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000.

IBM DB2 UDB 7.2, 7.1 , 5.2

Important:

Driver

IBM DB2 UDB ODBC driver

Version

7.01.00.65

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

DB2 UDB Client 7.01.0000 with FixPak 3 and FixPak 7

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+h+n+u+A+

Other required workarounds

None

Pros

Passes all MLR tests using statement-based upload.

Passes most MLR tests using cursor-based upload.

Passes most MLB tests.

Cons

Cursor-based uploads of BLOB, CLOB, LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA fail.

Notes

It's highly recommended to use statement-based upload.

To install this driver, if your DB2 UDB client is 7.01.0000, you need first to install FixPak3 and then to install FixPak 7; if your DB2 UDB client is 7.02.0000, just install FixPak 7 directly.

Driver

IBM DB2 UDB 7.1 ODBC driver

Version

7.01.00.00

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

DB2 UDB Client 7.01.0000

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+h+n+u+A+

Other required workarounds

-hwE+

Pros

Except for a LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict test, passes all MLR tests using statement-based upload.

Passes most MLR tests using cursor-based upload.

Passes most MLB tests.

Cons

Only one LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA test for new-row and old-row conflict-resolution scripts fails.

Cursor-based uploads of BLOB and CLOB fail.

Tests for LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA fail when using the new_row_cursor or old_row_cursor scripts.

Notes

When configuring the advanced DSN settings, choosing "As LOB data" or "As LONGVAR data" under "Long object binary treatment" on the Data Type tab will affect the driver behaviour for long objects. For statement-based uploads, when "As LOB data" is chosen, all BLOB tests fail but the LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict-resolution test passes; when "As LONGVAR data" is chosen, only one LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict- resolution test fails. For cursor-based uploads, when "As LOB data" is chosen, all LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA tests pass with the option -hwE+, but when "As LONGVAR data" is chosen, these tests fail. Therefore, we suggest: for statement-based uploads, choose "As LOB data"; for cursor-based uploads, choose "As LONGVAR data".

LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA tests need -hwE+ for cursor-based uploads. However, -hwE+ is not necessary for statement-based uploads.

Statement-based uploads perform better than cursor-based uploads, especially dealing with CLOB, BLOB, LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA. We suggest using statement-based scripts for these data types.

Driver

IBM DB2 UDB 5.2 ODBC driver

Version

5.02.00.00

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

DB2 UDB Client 5.02.0000

OS

Win32

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+h+n+u+A+

Other required workarounds

-hwE+

Pros

Except for a LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict test, passes all MLR tests using statement-based upload.

Passes most MLR tests using cursor-based upload.

Passes most MLB tests.

Cons

Only one LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict-resolution test fails.

Cursor-based uploads of BLOB and CLOB fail.

Tests for LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA fail when using the new_row_cursor or old_row_cursor scripts.

Notes

When configuring the advanced DSN settings, choosing the "As LOB data" or "As LONGVAR data" item under "Long object binary treatment" on the Data Type tab will affect the driver behaviour for long objects. For statement-based uploads, when "As LOB data" is chosen, all BLOB tests fail but the LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict-resolution test passes; when "As LONGVAR data" is chosen, only one LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA conflict- resolution test fails. For cursor-based uploads, when "As LOB data" is chosen, all LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA tests pass with the option -hwE+, but when "As LONGVAR data" is chosen, these tests fail. Therefore, we suggest: for statement-based uploads, choose "As LOB data"; for cursor-based uploads, choose "As LONGVAR data".

LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA tests need -hwE+ for cursor-based uploads. However, -hwE+ is not necessary for statement-based uploads.

Statement-based uploads perform better than cursor-based uploads, especially dealing with CLOB, BLOB, LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA. We suggest using statement-based scripts for these data types.

Driver

iAnywhere Solutions 8 - DB2 Wire Protocol ODBC Driver
DataDirect DB2 Wire Protocol ODBC Driver

Version

4.00.00.35

Status

Recommended for use with MobiLink with caveats.

Client s/w

None

OS

AIX

Workarounds applied by MobiLink

-hwf+h+n+u+

Other required workarounds

-hwC+ -hwE+

Pros

Passes most MLR tests.
Passes most MLB tests.

Cons

This driver doesn't support the BLOB data type.

This driver doesn't support passing literal values to stored procedures.

This driver only supports up to 32K-length values of the CLOB data type.

Many conflict-resolution tests failed because of the error: "L517 cursor C1 does not identify a prepared select statement". This bug will be fixed in an EBF.

Notes

This driver has difficulties caching SQL statements. Always use the -hwC+ workaround.

On Win32, CLOB and LONG VARCHAR tests needs -hwE+ using cursor-based uploads, however, -hwE+ is not necessary for statement-based uploads.

When setting up a DSN on Unix, set "DecimalPrecision=31" and "WithHold=1"; on Win32, select "31" for "DecimalPrecision" and check "With Hold Cursors". This driver has the bug of freeing the prepared statments, set a big number as possible for Dynamic Sections, this number should be bigger than the number of rows inserted into a table. This bug will be fixed in an EBF.

The conflict-resolution synchronization doesn't work with cursor-based upload, an EBF will fixed the bug. The statement-based upload is highly recommended for this driver.

On Unix, the driver doesn't show the correct minor version number. The driver name is wqdb217.so and the file date is Jun 17, 2002.

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