On Saturday 28 December 2002 10:59, Robert Citek wrote:
> Seems like I'm not alone:
> http://lists.mysql.com/cgi-ez/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:52006
> On the bright side, I found an answer that pointed me somewhat in the right
> direction:
> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/13/1998/11/0/56625
>
> I have discovered that I can create a trimmed-down version using notepad:
>
> [ODBC]
> DSN=foobar
>
> If I call this file foo.dsn and put it in "C:\Program Files\Common
> Files\odbc\Data Sources", foo.dsn shows up in the ODBC Data Source
> Administrator application (aka ODBC manager). However, in order to
> actually use it, I have to create the System DSN that is specified in the
> File DSN, for this example, foobar. Using the ODBC manager, if I change
> the File DSN, the System DSN also changes, and vice versa. Yet, when I
> quit and examine the file foo.dsn, nothing has changed. It still just has
> the single line DSN=foobar.
>
> What is the advantage of creating a File DSN if I have to create a System
> DSN? Why not use the System DSN instead of a File DSN? Setting up a
> System DSN so that I can create a File DSN leaves me with the feeling that
> something is broken. Is it Windows' ODBC manager? Is it MyODBC? Should I
> be trying MyODBC 3.51?
Yes, it's only supported by MyODBC 3.51, but not by 2.50.
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