Database Question From Newbie

[Jan Schenkel]

--- John Miller <johnmiller1950 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Greetings All,
> 
> I am trying to access our company's inventory
> database via Revolution. 
> I have successfully set up the DSN under Windows XP.
> I can use Excel to 
> create a Database Query and a spreadsheet with the
> information I want. 
> However, I am having trouble connecting to the same
> database using 
> Revolution.
> 
> Here is my code:
> 
> on mouseUp
>     revSetDatabaseDriverPath "C:\WINDOWS\system32"
>     get revOpenDatabase("ODBC","Database 
> Name",,"userName","userPassword")
>     put the result
> end mouseUp
> 
> When I run this code, I get the following error
> message:
> 
>     revdberr,invalid database type
> 
> 
> Anybody got any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> John Miller
> 

Hi John,

First I'll have to ask you why you're changing the
database driver path -- Revolutyions sets it by
default to its own directory. Have you copied the
revdb drivers to C:\WINDOWS\system32 ?

Which reminds me : Revolution expects its paths in the
'Unix' format : "C:/WINDOWS/system32/"

Other than that : what type of database are you
connecting to ? (Access, SQLServer, Progress, ...)

I'm sure we can give you a solution.

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)


		
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