Running an MTS Application

It's pretty easy to run an MTS application. You will execute the Sample Banking MTS Application supplied with MTS on the NT Server Option Pack. Several prerequisites are necessary before this sample application can run successfully:

1.
Use 32-bit ODBC to create a System DSN named MTSSamples. This DSN will point to the Pubs database in SQL Server 2000. Figure 43.11 shows the ODBC DSN dialog box needed for this MTS example.
Figure 43.11. Configuring ODBC DSN entry: MTS Samples.

2.
You should install the Sample Bank.PAK file under MTS control as described in the section “Installing an MTS Component” earlier in this chapter. ...

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