Re: ODBC File DNS???

From: Emmon Simbo (esimbo_at_openlinksw.co.uk)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: 27 Oct 2004 05:32:46 -0700

Darryn

I'm not sure if you received the previous response or it hasn't made
its way to you as yet. A File DSN is really a text file that contains
the same datasource information as you would have under User and
System datasources. With the latter, that information is normally
stored in the registry but with a File DSN, it means you can transfer
this across machines like you would any file.

You create File DSNs by this using the ODBC administrator tool.

Regards

"Darryn Ross" <darryn@datawave.com.au> wrote in message news:<#h80EVwuEHA.2684@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Hi,
>
> What is a ODBC File DNS? i am trying to connect a crystal report to a ODBC
> database and it's asking me to locate the 'ODBC File DNS' and it's not the
> database! i usually use Oledb connections however i need to know how to do
> this as well.
>
> Regards

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