BDE error $2109?

Dennis Powers

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Jun 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/8/99

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One of our workstations is suddenly giving us an error when we attempt
to access the Bde Administrator. We're using Delphi 3.02 and BDE 4.5.
The message is:

Exception EDBEngineError in module BDEADMIN.EXE at 00053D32.
An error occurred while attempting to initialize the Borland Database
Engine (error $2109).

We would appreciate any insight you can provide as to the cause of the
error and inability to run the BDE on this workstation.

Any insight into where this information is documented would be doubly
appreciated.

Dennis Powers
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Jeff Overcash (TeamB)

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Jun 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/8/99

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8457 : $2109 : Cannot load IDAPI32 .DLL.

This message is usually because the third party dll's needed to reach the dll
cannot be found. What DB are you using?

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Bill Todd

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Jun 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/8/99

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It is possible that some or all of the BDE files have been deleted or that
the registry keys are incorrect or missing. Start by checking the DLLPath
and ConfigFile01 values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Borland\Database
Engine.

Bill

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Dennis Powers

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Jun 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/10/99

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We are using Paradox. I did finally find a reference to $2109 on the
Borland web site. I sure thought it would have been in the BDE help
file someplace.

I guess we'll re-install the BDE on that machine.

On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:26:27 -0400, "Jeff Overcash (TeamB)"
<over...@onramp.net> wrote:

> 8457 : $2109 : Cannot load IDAPI32 .DLL.
>
>This message is usually because the third party dll's needed to reach the dll
>cannot be found. What DB are you using?
>

Dennis Powers

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Jun 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/10/99

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I guess we'll re-install the BDE on the problem machine. Thanks for
the responses.

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:41:00 -0700, "Bill Todd"
<bi...@nospam.dbginc.com> wrote:

>It is possible that some or all of the BDE files have been deleted or that
>the registry keys are incorrect or missing. Start by checking the DLLPath
>and ConfigFile01 values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Borland\Database
>Engine.
>
>Bill

Dennis Powers

Mike Ver Hagen

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Jun 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/13/99

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Dennis:

Here's a "canned" response to some 2109 situations:

There is a FAQ on this subject.

http://www.inprise.com/devsupport/delphi/qanda/1323.html

In addition to what is reported there, I think that I got that message
when I had forgotten to specify a location for the NET DIR paramater in
the BDE Administrator, on the workstation in question.

See the following document for lots of good information about the BDE.

http://www.inprise.com/devsupport/bde/ti_list/TI2770.html

Specifically, this entry

TI2817 Understanding the PARADOX.NET file with the BDE

deals with setting the "NET DIR" parameter.

'$2109 Cannot initalize the BDE' error when deploying InstallShield
application

Question:

I get error $2109 "Cannot initalize the Borland Database Engine"
when running an application deployed with
InstallShield Express. What's wrong?

Answer:

A problem with either ISExpress or your setup configuration in
ISExpress has caused the following entry to be left out of the
registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE|BORLAND|DATABASE ENGINE | DLLPATH.
This entry is probably empty on the deployed machine's registry.
Enter the path to IDAPI32.DLL (usually \borland\common files\bde)

mIKE