Comments on: HOWTO: Setup SQL Server Linked Server to MySQL

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:24:49 +0000

Thanks – this article was a great help.

By: Leyla

Leyla — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:42:45 +0000

@Taylor : Thanks alot, it was so helpful and quick.

By: Waldon

Waldon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:47:54 +0000

Wow, just got it to work! Just had to use:

Select * from openquery(LinkSrv1, ‘Select * from DB1..table1?)

DUH.

By: Waldon

Waldon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:33:05 +0000

I have been able to set up the ODBC data sourse(s), and they test OK. I have been able to configure the MSDASQL provider as indicated, and I have been able to create the linked server. I can open the catalog, database, and see the table names.

When I try to do a select, however, I just get errors:

Select * from LinkSrv1.DB1..table1

gives Msg 7399 …error. provider did not give info, and
Msg 7312, Invalid use of shema or catalog. Four part name supplied, but the provider does not expose the needed interface to use catalog or schema.

…

Select * from openquery(LinkSrv1, ‘Select * from LinkSrv1.DB1..table1′)

gives

OLE DB provider “MSDASQL” for linked server returned message … You have an error in your SQL syntax; … check for syntax near ..table1

and

Msg 7350, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot get the column information from OLE DB provider …

AND if I try Select * from LinkSrv1.DB1.table1

I get Msg 208 Invalid object name…

Any ideas?? All help is greatly appreciated.

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:55:10 +0000

@Taylor
You are awesome. THANK YOU!

By: Daniel Costa

Daniel Costa — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:37:58 +0000

Hello,

I find a solution to this, and I put it to my Blog:
http://blog.danielcosta.pt/?p=492

There is a problem using this driver, and with semicolon separated files.

Hope this help!

Daniel Costa

By: Taylor Gerring

Taylor Gerring — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:03:14 +0000

@Victor

My inital feeling is that you need to connect with known valid credentials. If you’re using Windows Authentication, I’m not sure how MySQL could possibly know about that AD account.

Try adding a user to MySQL (don’t forget to issue a FLUSH PRIVILEGES) and validating that you can connect using native tools (i.e. phpMyAdmin, MySQL Workbench, etc.) Once that works, only then try to connect via Linked Server.

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:50:40 +0000

Taylor, Hoping to get some help from you. I am good all the way up to setting the ODBC driver and with test connection successful. But when i try to Create Linked Server to MySQL, I got this error:
The OLE DB Provider “SQLNCLI10″ for linked Server “MYSQLAPP” reported an error.
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider “SQLNCLI10″ for linked server “MYSQLAPP”
OLE DB Provider “SQLNCLI10″ for linked server “MYSQLAPP” returned message “invalid authorization sepcification”. )Microsoft SQL Server Error 7399)

I am using SQLEXPRESS 2008 on my laptop and window authentication for password. There is no other user.
Any suggestion? thanks

By: Lin

Lin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:22:40 +0000

For those having below error, just try to replace mySQL name from FQDN to IP, it worked, don’t know why.

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider “MSDASQL” for linked server “test3?

By: John

John — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:01:36 +0000

bx,
i hope you realized that you have a typo in your statement.

it is ‘odbcad32′ not ‘obdcad32′, and even then you could simply just go Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Data Sources (ODBC) to access your panel.

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Response:
bx

July 15th, 2011 at 10:20 am

Just doing:
Run > cmd > obdcad32

Didn’t get ‘er done…

I had to open 32 bit odbc connector by entering this in cmd:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

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