Missing pdssql.dll! Please help!!!

[jfrost10]

I have no idea why I don't have this .dll file, but I need it! Does anybody have it or know where I can get it from? I've already checked my development version CR disk, and its not on it, and I can't find any mention of a download site at Crystal Decisions!

Please Help!

Jack

 

[MalcolmW]

It is the 16 bit Windows SQL Server database driver, not normally used as most people do just fine with 32 bit Windows. The 32 bit name is p2ssql.dll, and quite often error message references to pds*.dll should be translated as references to p2s*.dll. Malcolm Wynden
Authorized Crystal Engineer

http://www.wynden.net

malcolm@wynden.net

 

[jfrost10]

Thanks for the response Malcolm. Here's the problem though:
I DO have the 32 bit dll, but in my vb application that I'm trying to do all this in, I get an error saying it can't find the 16 bit dll!

Any workaround to this that you might now of?

Thanks,
Jack

 

[MBuckbee]

I just had the same problem, and Malcom is correct. The error message "Can't find pdssql.dll" is incorrect. If you explicity add the p2ssql.dll, it should work fine.

 

[jfrost10]

McBuckee: Hmmm...I added both dll's to windows/crystal, and changed it in the code, and I still got the message. When you say "explicitly add", what do you mean by that? I tried to add it in the references, but that didn't work (error). We found a way around what we were trying to do, and it works great now. Just curious though if there was something i could have done instead.

Thanks,
Jack

 

[cvsoft]

hi folks,
im looking for the file named pdssql.dll for no apparent reason, i am trying to run a payroll application written in VB6(SP5)over citrix, while the application runs fine, i get an error pdssql.dll, whenever i click on a button where the application will call for my reports, created using crystal report tool.

if anyone has a free time, can you do a search on your workstation and see if you can come up with the pdssql.dll file? i need the file very badly. if you do came out with the file, please send it to cvsoft_dev@yahoo.com

thank you for your much appreciated help, God bless.

im toast,

chris visaya

 

[cvsoft]

hi folks,
im looking for the file named pdssql.dll for no apparent reason, i am trying to run a payroll application written in VB6(SP5)over citrix using sqlserver 6.5 on my server machine, while the application runs fine, i get an error cannot find pdssql.dll, whenever i click on a button where the application will call for my reports, created using crystal report tool.

if anyone has a free time, can you do a search on your workstation and see if you can come up with the pdssql.dll file? i need the file very badly. if you do came out with the file, please send it to cvsoft_dev@yahoo.com, im desperate to try anything to address this issue

thank you for your much appreciated help, God bless.

im toast,

chris visaya

 

[kenhamady]

The error message actually has an error in it. More acurately, it hasn't been updated.
Unless you are running in a 16bit environment you are actually looking for a file called P2SSQL.dll. You probably have it. It probably isn't registered correctly, or isn't configured correctly to run over Citrix.

Do the reports run OK if the app is installed locally? Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB

http://www.kenhamady.com/

 

[cvsoft]

Hello Ken,
Thanks for the response, yes it does run fine locally, its also runs well on the network. problem only exist when running over citrix.

With regards to the 32-bit ver.(p2ssql.dll) i'll do a search tomorrow in the office.

I am also testing the old payroll application (4yrs old) written using delphi3, and i encountered the same problem. i guess the pdssql.dll is needed to run the delphi version of the application.

Do you happen have a copy of the files? pdssql.dll and p2ssql.dll? I wish to try it before giving up.

Thank you for your much appreciated help.

Chris Visaya

 

[MikeTom]

If you go to the

http://www.crystaldecisions.com

and check in downloads you should find versions of these files. they are also updated versions which might contain fixes to some problems you are having

 

[kenhamady]

I don't install 16bit, so I don't have the PDS files.

But, the fact that it runs fine locally means that you have all of the files necessary. The problem may be in the Citrix configuration - the app looking in the wrong place for that dll. I don't know enough about Citrix to help there. Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB

http://www.kenhamady.com/

 

[cvsoft]

kenhamady and MikeTom
thank you very much on your response and advice, i will check

http://www.crystaldecisions.com

and see what i can come out, i will update you guys with my status. hpe everything comes well.
have a nice day and God bless!

regards,

Chris Visaya