Starting the OpenEdge client starts the local DataServer. You include information about the ODBC data source, user ID, and password in the startup command.
To start a local DataServer for ODBC from the startup command:
1. Make sure that your ODBC drivers, as well as any client software required by the non-OpenEdge data source vendor, are installed and configured properly.
2. Start the supporting ODBC data source.
3. Set any environment variables required for your configuration as described in the relevant section of Configuring the DataServer (for example, DSLOGDIR). You must set them in the environment from which you are starting the DataServer.
Note: If you change the values of any environment variables such as ODBC_HOME, you must shut down the DataServer processes and restart them.
For example, the following command starts OpenEdge with the local DataServer, connects a local schema holder named odbholder in single-user mode, and connects the ODBC data source demo with the user bob whose password is bobpass:
