Hi
I am trying to connect to an ingres database on a UNIX server.
Using the Server Explorer Panel, i can connect to server easy enough, but when i click the add connection button, the datalink properties screen comes up, defaulting to the Connection Panel - which seems to only want to use SQL Server, so i click the provider tab and there is nothing there which mentions Ingres.
If i try to use the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers option then click next. It goes back to a slightly different Connection Panel, this one asks me for the data source name, but on the dropdown, there isnt any option that comes even remotely close to what i want. Although to be honest i am not entirely sure what i do want
Should there not be a Provider for Ingres? I have downloaded and installed all the drivers - that i know of.
Sorry i havent looked at databases in .NET before, so please dont laugh if i totally have the wrong idea.
Thanks.
PS - I wasnt sure whether this would go in the database area or not as its not actually a problem with the reading of the data - i havent got that far!
I am trying to connect to an ingres database on a UNIX server.
Using the Server Explorer Panel, i can connect to server easy enough, but when i click the add connection button, the datalink properties screen comes up, defaulting to the Connection Panel - which seems to only want to use SQL Server, so i click the provider tab and there is nothing there which mentions Ingres.
If i try to use the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers option then click next. It goes back to a slightly different Connection Panel, this one asks me for the data source name, but on the dropdown, there isnt any option that comes even remotely close to what i want. Although to be honest i am not entirely sure what i do want

Should there not be a Provider for Ingres? I have downloaded and installed all the drivers - that i know of.
Sorry i havent looked at databases in .NET before, so please dont laugh if i totally have the wrong idea.

Thanks.
PS - I wasnt sure whether this would go in the database area or not as its not actually a problem with the reading of the data - i havent got that far!