server to Pervasive 8 - Connection Error

Hello,

I am currently migrating from SQL 7.0 to SQL2005. So far everything is going well except for one thing, my linked server to a Pervasive 8.6 server database. I've done the same configurations as with the SQL 7.0 server to create the linked server. I've created an Pervasive ODBC Client DSN system connection on the server called PervasiveDB pointing to the DataDB catalog, using TCP/IP as transport and the server name "PervasiveDB" as the server address. From this point, on the SQL2005 server, the DSN connection is successfull and I can see the different catalog names of the PervasiveDB server. When I create the Linked server on the SQL2005, I create exactly as done on the SQL7.0 which is :

SQL7.0 server : OS is Windows 2000 all service packs applied for both OS and SQL7.0

SQL2005 server : OS is Windows2003 standard edition all service packs applied for both OS and SQL2005.

Linked server name : TestPervasive

Provider : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers

Product name: Pervasive

Data source: PervasiveDB

Location: PervasiveDB

Catalog : DataDB

I get the following error when I try to query the data to test if the linked server I just created is successful:

query : SELECT * FROM testpervasive.DataDB..schedule

error message:

Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "TestPervasive" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.

Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "TestPervasive".

Anybody can help me on this one? I would greatly appreciate it !!

Hello,

I am relatively new at posting at these forums, but I wanted to advise that the problem I experience above has been resolved. I re-installed the service pack for SQL2005 and re-booted and now works fine with the above configurations/settings.