Thursday, March 11, 2010

ERwin errors when connecting to Database - Fixed

Just installed my old ERwin program (4.x) on a newer Windows 7 64bit.  When trying to connect to the database, it gave this error message:

"Unable to locate client connectivity software ntwdblib.dll Check with your miscrosoft SQL Server database administrator to install the appropriate client software."

After googling around, I found the fix at http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=97161 (the last post).  Here's how to fix the issue, just in case:

Find c:\windows\systems32\ntwdblib.DLL, possibly in your older 32bit Windows folder.  Copy that to  "c:\program files\CA\AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler" folder.

That's it.  Try to connect again.