Configure sql.ini or Registry

StepsConfiguring sql.ini

  1. Make an entry for the server’s name and directory in sql.ini using dsedit.

  2. Verify that there is an entry in sql.ini whose SERVERNAME element corresponds with the value of the DSLISTEN environment variable.

StepsConfiguring Registry

  1. Open System in Control Panel.

  2. Click Environment Variables on the Advanced tab.

  3. Edit the following system variables:

    1. DSLISTEN to set the value to the name of the Open Server application, as listed in sql.ini or directory service.

    2. DSQUERY to set the value to the name of the target server, as listed in sql.ini or directory service.

  4. Click OK in the Environment Variables window to set the new values.

See Chapter 8, “Using dsedit,” for instructions about using dsedit.

See “The sql.ini file” for reference information about sql.ini.