Re: Creating Oracle ODBC DSN

I don't think the problem was a specific keyword... right after I posted this we rechecked the Oracle site and found a different ODBC driver. This one works fine.

Thanks for all the help, everyone.
Jeff

On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 19:43:51 GMT, jocave_at_my-deja.com wrote:

>Can you narrow down the problem to a specific keyword?
>
>In article <6rot7t4vsdu9hktdujfv7lv7ttluqad0jq_at_4ax.com>,
> jeffs_at_peerdirect.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to use the ODBC SQLConfigDSN() API to create an Oracle 8
>> datasource without popping up the configuration panel. I've created
>> my connection string using all the keywords I can find defined in the
>> Oracle help, but it fails every time. If I tell it to pop up the
>> configuration dialog, all my settings show up properly, and just
>> hitting 'OK' creates my datasource properly, so I'm pretty sure the
>> connection string I'm using is correct.
>>
>> I've used this API successfully to set up other ODBC datasources
>> (including an Oracle DSN for the Merant ODBC driver), so I'm assuming
>> that the documention is wrong, or there's a bug in the driver.
>>
>> Has anyone had any success doing this with the Oracle ODBC drivers?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Jeff Sumner
>> PeerDirect Inc
>> www.PeerDirect.com
>> Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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(jeffs_at_peerdirect.com is a spam repository. If you want to send me mail, please send to 'first initial' + 'last name' at PeerDirect dot com) Received on Fri Feb 16 2001 - 14:54:46 CST