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Posted - 2006-12-11 : 07:55:51
Phan writes "Hello SQLTeam,

Please help me in resolving an issue which I have been facing with Linked Servers.

We are using MS SQL Server 2000. I'm trying to setup a Linked Server to MySQL DB which is running on a different box.

The following are the steps which I had followed.

1. Installed MySQL DB on Box 2. Enabled remote access to this DB.

2. On Box 1, which is running SQL Server 2000, created a System DSN which is pointing to MySQL DB on Box2. The test connection was successful.

3. I have used MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver for the above.

4. Created a Linked Server called LinkMySQL. The creation of the Linked Server was successful.

5. When I tried to access the Linked Server, I got an error message, which is as following:

ERROR 7399: OLEDB Provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error.
The provider reported an unexpected catastrophic failure.

Any help in this regards is appreciated.

Thanks."
   

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