This post is a “living” document – it will be added to over time to provide everything you need to know about administering the Microsoft SQL server to host Btrieve data.
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This post is a “living” document – it will be added to over time to provide everything you need to know about administering the Oracle server to host Btrieve data.
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The Task

In the initial phases of your evaluation of the Mertech SQL solution, you probably want to compare and contrast your application running against Btrieve and against SQL. Perhaps you want to compare dialogs or reports to ensure the data is all looking the same; or you may want to compare speed.

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When an application has been ported from Btrieve to a SQL backend and the Btrieve access dll (w3btrv7 or wbtrv32) has been replaced, the application does not have any indication the backend has changed.  Perhaps you would like the application to verify which backend is in use or you want to be sure the correct version of the Mertech driver is installed.  This can be done through a standard BTRV function call using B_EXTENDED_VERSION (5026) defined in mds_btrieve.h provided with our driver SDK.
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Symptoms

When starting an application, it complains that Pervasive.SQL Version XX is not installed or that an old/incorrect version of Pervasive.SQL is installed.
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