DSN Less connections to ODBC database

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Fri Dec 9 16:44:23 EST 2011


On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Todd Geist wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am experimenting with a generic an ODBC datasource.  I can connect using
> revOpenDatabase and DSN, but I would really like to ditch the DSN. Does any
> one know if this is possible? I have tried to just enter the host and port,
> but somehow you need to specify the driver.  I did install the driver in
> the same folder as the others. But that didn't help.
>
> Any one try this?
>
> Todd
>
>
On which OS?  In my experience, Windows needs a DSN for ODBC.  I just let
my stack check for it, then create it if needed.

~Roger



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