Re: 8.1.6 on windows 2000, no odbc?

Could be tied to the specific ODBC driver and version. On mine (Oracle's driver v. 2.573.3711), when you configure a DSN, the fields are "Data Source Name", "Description", "User Name", and "Server". Other drivers other versions of Oracle's driver may, or may not, more correctly call it "Service Name."

On 22 Aug 2001 21:17:19 -0500, Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ed_Stevens_at_nospam.noway.nohow wrote:
>
>> This is incorrect. The data source name is simply an alias
>> used between the ODBC driver and the calling application. When
>> configuring a data source name using the Oracle ODBC driver,
>> the field called "server" is where you specify the name
>> referenced in the TNSNAMES file.
>
>You are almost correct, but I was incorrect. It is the "service
>name", not server, field that needs to mirror the tnsnames.ora
>file.
>
>Actually its so damn simple, I guess the OP probably figured it
>out as we tried to get this correct.
>
>--
>Galen Boyer
>It seems to me, I remember every single thing I know.

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