Connecting to MS SQL Server using EXEC SQL

[Former Member]

Hi guys,

You are about my last hope...

I am trying to connect to SQL Server from SAP.

I have a DBCON entry set up, and I have this piece of code which seems to want to work:

EXEC SQL.

CONNECT TO 'WFS_SQL' AS 'W'

ENDEXEC.

EXEC SQL.

SET CONNECTION 'W'

ENDEXEC.

EXEC SQL PERFORMING WRITE_STATION.

SELECT STATION INTO :WA_STATION from STATIONS;

ENDEXEC.

But when I run it, SM21 reports 'No shared library found for the database with ID WFS_SQL'.

This makes me think that my MS Sql Server (2000) needs to be 'listening' for the inbound connection. Searching through google, I keep coming back to TNS, but when I did deeper, all references talk about Oracle, not MSSQL.

So the question then, is how can I make MS SQL Server 'listen' for the connection from SAP?

Any help you can give gratefully appreciated!

Thanks,

Vaughan

[gregorw]

Hello Vaughan,

what platform and database is used on your SAP Application and Database Server?

Regards

Gregor

[Former Member]

Hi Gregor,

We are on Oracle over Unix.

Thanks,

Vaughan

[Former Member]

We are connecting to MS SQL from SAP with no issues.

Two things:

1) What is the user profile that is connecting to your MS SQL database?

2) Have you installed the correct providers so the two databases can talk?

[Former Member]

Aha! This may be it.

Step 1: The profile we know to be okay.

Step 2: What providers would they be then? I think this is where the problem lies. I don't know what to look for to know what to install on the windows side...

[gregorw]

Hello Vaughan,

look at SAP Note #178949 here you got a description of a Database Connect to MSSQL. But at least one Windows application server must be available on the R/3 system and the DBSL dynamic library (DLL) dbmssslib.dll.

Regards

Gregor