Database Engine Error Invalid Configuration Parameter
just set up my first SQL Server database on our NT Server. Whenever I attempt to open the connection to the alias in BDE Admin, Database Explorer, etc. I get the error "Invalid configuration parameter". I've left all of the BDE parameters at their defaults. I have access to the area where the database resides. I can connect to my InterBase databases. So I believe I have everything installed correctly. What am I missing here? <<<) Michael Kalousek Sundial Service Delphi Developer Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT Re:"Invalid Configuration Parameter" When Connecting Ahh, don'tcha just love those "one size fits all" BDE error-messages? ;-) You could waste a lot of time trying to find that answer; see if the SQL Server console has an error-log of its own (or has written entries into the System error-log) that might point you to the real cause of the problem. Also see if the client-side software (the driver invoked by BDE) has any sort of similar error-log or log file. Parameters are extremely server-specific, and for what it's worth, SQL Server (nee Sybase) does not work the same way that Interbase does so some of your street-knowledge gleaned from Interbase won't apply to SQLS. Therefore watch out for red-herring effects coming from that. Quote>Michael Kalousek wrote: > Using BDE 5.01 and SQL Server 6.5. > I just set up my first SQL Server database on our NT Server. Whenever I > attempt to open the connection to the alias in BDE Admin, Database Explorer, > etc. I get the error "Invalid configuration parameter". I've left all of > the BDE parameters at their defaults. I have access to the area where the > database resides. I can connect to my InterBase databases. So I believe I > have everything installed correctly. What am I missing here? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sundial Services :: Scottsdale, AZ (USA) :: (480) 946-8259 mailto:i...@sundialservices.com (PGP public key available.) Quote> Fast(!), automatic table-repair with two clicks of the mouse! > ChimneySweep(R): "Click click, it's fixed!" {tm} > http://www.sundialservices.com/products/chimneysweep Cris Delphi Developer Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT Re:"Invalid Configuration Parameter" When Connecti
Express 5.x and earlier InstallShield Express - General Invalid configuration parameter Alias If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 1 of 1 Thread: Invalid configuration parameter Alias Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid http://www.delphigroups.info/2/05/238198.html Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 08-12-2003,08:00 PM #1 direktor5 Guest Invalid configuration parameter Alias Hi! I have a problem. I use IstallShield Express for Delphi 5. I have the following options: IstallShield objects: BDE (cheched) BDE Settings: Full BDE istallation Alises: Racunovodstvo Alias name: Racunovodstvo Path:
non-Microsoft way to access data in Paradox, DBase, FoxPro, and ASCII databases. It also provides an ODBC connection to other types of databases. After the BDE is installed, http://mc-computing.com/databases/BDE.html it must be configured - normally using the BDE Administrator - to define the aliases that are used to specify the databases. (ODBC, ADO, and the like also require similar configuration.) (An API allows configuration to be made programatically.) In general, when I write programs, I currently use ADO to perform this function because its functionality is built into the current database engine MS Windows operating systems, and, therefore, I don't have to worry about installing the BDE for my applications to work. BDE Administrator | Paradox Databases | MS Access Databases | FoxPro Databases | Firebird Databases BDE Administrator There are several ways to run the BDE administrator From the Control Panel, double click BDE Administrator This appears to be the same program as database engine error the one run through Delphi, except that it is in its own window, it provides a tab to configure the drivers, and it does not provide a way to see the tables and fields. Start / Programs / Borland Delphi 5 / BDE Administrator This appears to be identical to using the Control Panel From inside Delphi, select Database / Explore This opens as a Delphi child window. It provides a ways to see the tables and fields, but does not provide a tab to configure the drivers. Start / Programs / Borland Delphi 5 / Database Explorer This appears to be identical to Delphi's Database / Explore except that it is in its own window. A yellow-green box around an icon means that the connection is working (open) and that you can get data about the tables and fields in that database. A green arrow means that the alias definition has been edited but is not yet saved (applied). Parameters with bold letters can not be changed. Adding a new alias The purpose of the BDE administrator is to add and c