[Tshwanelex-l] Fwd: TLex evaluation mode and ODBC Database

[David Joffe]

Hi Ram,

ODBC should work on evaluation version yes.

You do need to of course still correctly set up an ODBC datasource 
driver in the Windows ODBC configuration dialog to connect - see the 
user guide etc. for notes on that.

(Also especially just read closely the notes on 32-bit vs 64-bit 
versions of TLex - when you install TLex it installs both 32-bit and 
64-bit versions of TLex (on a 32-bit Windows only 32-bit TLex will 
work but on a 64-bit Windows both should work fine and you can use 
either 32-bit TLex or 64-bit TLex. You can select which one to run 
as there are two different shortcuts from the Windows start menu 
(the 64-bit one is labelled 64-bit). BUT the important thing to note 
is that 64-bit WINDOWS has two entirely separate ODBC configuration 
dialogs for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
If you tap the Windows start menu and type ODBC you will see "ODBC 
Data Sources (32-bit)" and another separate one "ODBC Data Sources 
(64-bit)" - and you MUST just set up the ODBC client driver in the 
Windows ODBC Data Source dialog for the same bit size, e.g. so 
32-bit TLex can only "see" ODBC data sources configured in Windows 
ODBC 32-bit dialog, and 64-bit TLex can only "see" ODBC data sources 
configured in Windows 64-bit dialog.

For simplicity sake I suggest perhaps just say stick to 32-bit 
throughout in case some users have only 32-bit Windows. The only 
reason to use 64-bit TLex is if you have MASSIVE datasets (like 
1Gigabytes or larger dicitonary with hundreds of thousands of 
entries)


(The database SERVER e.g. postgresql it doesn't matter and makes no 
difference if you use 64-bit or 32-bit but generally 64-bit is 
'better')

If I recall correctly the only main limitation of the evaluation 
version (other than expiry date) is I think there is a limit on how 
many entries you may export in some of the exporters at once.

One more note, the current evaluation version has already expired so 
we must do new TLex build and release with new expiry dates, then 
you will have to just download again the next release.

 - David


On 3 Nov 2022 at 11:33, Nika Zhenya wrote:

Date sent:	Thu, 3 Nov 2022 11:33:22 -0700
To:	tshwanelex-l at mailman.yale.edu
From:	Nika Zhenya <nika.zhenya at programando.li>
Subject:	[Tshwanelex-l] Fwd: TLex evaluation mode and ODBC Database

> Hi, first of all, sorry if this question was already ask. In the
> institution I am working on we are evaluating the use of TLex and our
> main interest is to use it whit a ODBC Database. So my question is:
> can we try this network support with the evaluation software or do we
> need to adquiere a license? I checked the manual, the faq and the kb
> and I couldn't find the answer to my question. 
> 
> Regards,
> Ram