Re: InterBase 7.1 OBDC driver install infinite loop

You may want to go to the registered users page and download the new
Data Direct ODBC driver.

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I've seen similar behavior with the server install, but not the EasySoft 
install. The EasySoft install was not written by us and we are not 
contracted with EasySoft any longer. As has been suggested by Bill Todd, 
  your best bet is going with the Data Direct driver. That is our ODBC 
solution going forward.

Rodney Sullivan wrote:
> I have an older Windows 2003 server still running InterBase 7.1 and I'm 
> currently rebuilding it. I've reinstalled an updated InterBase server 
> (7.5.1.162) with no problem and I'm trying to install the free Easysoft
OBDC 
> driver from the original InterBase 7.1 installation disk. After the
Easysoft 
> portion of the driver installation completes, the InterBase portion 
> continues, saying something about registering the drivers on the system. At

> this point, a console window appears that seems to be stuck in an infinite

> loop, attempting to delete directories located on the installation disk
that 
> don't exist (D:\Drivers\Windows\lm_loader\bin and 
> D:\Drivers\Windows\lm_loader). This action obviously fails, but the console

> window keeps trying to perform the deletion forever. I am forced to kill 
> this window, at which point the installation window says that the driver 
> installation has completed successfully. The driver seems to work fine, so
I 
> don't think the driver installation failed, but I'm just wondering if 
> there's some way to avoid having to manually close the looping console 
> window in order for the installation to succeed.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Rodney Sullivan 
> 

I have an older Windows 2003 server still running InterBase 7.1 and I'm 
currently rebuilding it. I've reinstalled an updated InterBase server 
(7.5.1.162) with no problem and I'm trying to install the free Easysoft OBDC 
driver from the original InterBase 7.1 installation disk. After the Easysoft 
portion of the driver installation completes, the InterBase portion 
continues, saying something about registering the drivers on the system. At 
this point, a console window appears that seems to be stuck in an infinite 
loop, attempting to delete directories located on the installation disk that 
don't exist (D:\Drivers\Windows\lm_loader\bin and 
D:\Drivers\Windows\lm_loader). This action obviously fails, but the console 
window keeps trying to perform the deletion forever. I am forced to kill 
this window, at which point the installation window says that the driver 
installation has completed successfully. The driver seems to work fine, so I 
don't think the driver installation failed, but I'm just wondering if 
there's some way to avoid having to manually close the looping console 
window in order for the installation to succeed.

Any ideas?

Rodney Sullivan 

Thanks guys. I was hoping you would come out with another free ODBC driver. 
I installed it smoothly and I'm rerunning all my tests with the new driver. 
They all seem to be working fine. Awesome!

Rodney