Re: AW: Sap setup

Hi,
I think what Carl is trying to say - and I completely agree - is that 
the information required to complete even simple tasks is quite 
difficult to locate, even if the task itself is not so difficult. If you 
take the installation manual for example. There are more headers and 
links and references and prerequisites and next steps and all than there 
is real information.

I know that this is a bit off topic, but I've been trying to install the 
DBI::ODBC interface for Perl using SAP DBs ODBC library for the last two 
days, and had to go through the docs at 15 different places to finally 
get it working. This section of the docs could definitely be improved! 
To make it worse in the docs at http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_program.htm 
and in the ODBC Manual it says:
> Create the file /var/spool/sql/ini/odbc.ini and define the data source names in 
> it
But SAP DB obviously expects the file at /usr/spool/sql/ini/odbc.ini !!! 
The driver managers that you are supposed to use need /etc/odbc.ini by 
default. All this I found out by trial and error more or less.

The next problem I have is that the users I create with the Database 
Manager GUI have no right to create tables or even to select from 
existing tables, and I have found no way to grant the rights using the 
GUI. So I guess I'll have to read the docs, but which ones? The "User 
Manual", the "Database Manager GUI", the "Database Manager CLI" or the 
"Reference Manual" ??? Can someone give me a hint please.

The problem is not that there are no docs. The problem is that there are 
too many and too confusing. And that doesn't help, if your not really 
sure where to start in the first place.

Anyway, it's comforting to see that other people have the same kind of 
problems which means that I am probably not as dumb as I think sometimes.

Cheers,
Arne

> Hi,
>
> I am really looking for information that allows me to set a basic SAP system
> up. I have a pc and a server and I just want to get it going so that I can
> discover it more fully. This kind of information does not seem easily
> available, would you be able to help?
>
> Ps I mean from running the .EXE file to getting communication after password
> has been entered (that kind of info)
>
> Regards
>
> carl 
>
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