
The New Linked Server dialog is displayed. In the Server Objects node, right-click Linked Servers and click New Linked Server. In the Object Explorer, expand the node for the SQL Server database.Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to an instance of SQL Server.You can use the UI in SQL Server Management Studio or call stored procedures.įollow the steps below to create a linked server from the Object Explorer. Create a Linked Server for IBM Informix DataĪfter you have configured and started the daemon, create the linked server and connect. The TDS remoting service is a daemon process that listens for TDS requests from clients. See the SQL Gateway Overview for a guide to configure a TDS remoting service in the SQL Gateway UI.
#INFORMIX ODBC PASSWORD#
#INFORMIX ODBC DRIVER#
This is the last step of the driver installation. If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name).


You can then work with IBM Informix data just as you would a linked SQL Server instance.Ĭonnect to IBM Informix as an ODBC Data Source After you have started the service, you can use the UI in SQL Server Management Studio or call stored procedures to create the linked server. You can use the SQL Gateway to configure a TDS (SQL Server) remoting service and set up a linked server for IBM Informix data.
