ODBC Call-level Interface
The ODBC Call-level Interface (CLI) follows the existing convention of ODBC tracing as performed by the Linux ODBC Driver Manager and Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager. Registry or configuration files are scanned for trace and trace log settings. Tracing output is similar to what is currently provided by the ODBC tracing DLL on Windows. Optionally, an application can set standard ODBC tracing using the following Actian X environment variables:
II_ODBC_LOG
A string indicating the path and file name of an ODBC trace file. For example, the path and file name of an ODBC trace file for Linux is \tmp\odbc.log and for Windows is c:\temp\odbc.log. The file name specified can contain the %p and %d parameters, as described in II_DBMS_LOG.
II_ODBC_TRACE
A positive integer with a value of 1, 3, or 5. A setting of 1 provides standard ODBC tracing and is the most useful for debugging ODBC CLI applications. A setting of 3 includes ODBC function entry calls in the ODBC driver (as opposed to the ODBC CLI driver manager). A setting of 5 displays information about internal function entries in the ODBC driver.
If an ODBC application does not use the ODBC CLI, the ODBC trace settings of 3 and 5 are still recognized, but the setting of 1, which belongs to the driver manager component, is not. However, the existing tracing capability for third-party driver managers is unaffected. In this case, the driver manager tracing is written to the ODBC trace log as specified in the registry (Windows) or odbcinst.ini file (Linux), but the detailed tracing information is written to the log file as specified by the II_ODBC_LOG environment variable.
Last modified date: 11/09/2022