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    Pre-Installation Requirements for the Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for Progress/OpenEdge, for Windows

    DBMS Requirements

    You need to know a variety of information pertaining to your target Progress/OpenEdge instance and database:

    Software Requirements

    1. Progress Client layer
      To connect to this DBMS Version You need these components ... ...on the same host as these
      Progress 8.x or earlier Progress® Client Networking SQL-89 Lite Drivers
      Progress 9.x in SQL-89 or 4GL mode Progress® Client Networking SQL-89 Lite Drivers
      Progress 9.x in SQL-92 mode Progress® SQL-92 Client Access SQL-92 Lite Drivers
      Progress OpenEdge 10.x or later Progress® SQL-92 Client Access SQL-92 Lite Drivers

      • The Progress® Client Networking or Progress® SQL-92 Client Access must be licensed from Progress Software. OpenLink Software cannot provide such licenses.
      • Installers for Progress® Client Networking or Progress® SQL-92 Client Access must be obtained from your Progress distribution media or the Progress Web site. OpenLink Software cannot provide such installers.
    2. SQL-89 vs SQL-92
      • The SQL-89 drivers are Progress version-specific, with names like Multi-Threaded ODBC Driver for Progress 9.1D or Single-Threaded ODBC Driver for Progress 8.3E. These drivers offer support for Progress triggers, Progress Distributed Databases (i.e., connections to multiple databases over a single ODBC connection), our specialized tableview configuration, and a particular presentation of Progress array data familiar to the Progress community. SQL-92 drivers, which all specify "(SQL-92)" in their name, do not support SQL-89/4GL functionality.
      • The SQL-92 drivers have a more generic branding such as Multi-Threaded ODBC Driver for Progress 9.1 (SQL-92). These drivers enable SQL-92 queries against Progress 9.x and later, including OpenEdge 10.x and later. SQL-89 drivers, which all specify a "letter" version of Progress (e.g., 8.3C, 9.1B) do not support SQL-92 functionality.
    3. 32-bit vs 64-bit
      • 32-bit Progress Clients can only be used with 32-bit Single-Tier drivers, which can only be used with 32-bit client applications.
      • 64-bit Progress Clients can only be used with 64-bit Single-Tier drivers, which can only be used with 64-bit client applications.
      • If your components do not all match "bitness," open a Support Case for assistance in selecting the best path forward, e.g.,
        1. If available, getting the Progress Client of the required "bitness";
        2. If available, getting a client application of the required "bitness"; or
        3. If the bitness-matched Progress Client and ODBC client application do not exist, changing to a bitness-bridging ODBC driver.

    Configuration Requirements

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