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. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
