Re: x64 ODBC Setup help needed

"Matthew M Modesitt" <Matthew.M.Modesitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(please
do not SPAM)> wrote in message
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Hello:

Any help here is greatly appreciated. I have a brand ne Dell
670
Workstation with Windows x64 loaded on it. I want to see if I
can run my
Visual Basic 6 programs on x64. The software seems to function
fine, but I
get a Data Source Name Not Found error when I try and connect
to my Oracle
Database using the Oracle 64 bit ODBC software driver. The
ODBC manager
checks pass and they can connect to the database. But, they
give they error
under Runtime. I suspect the software is not looking in the
right place in
the Registry. I tried to copy the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Database key entries
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Database
but that did
not work. Where is the ODBC software looking to find the data
source name
at? What key is missing? Is it a it really a missing key or
is something
else wrong? Do I have the right software?

Any ideas appreciated!
Thanks for your help in this matter!

--
Matthew M Modesitt
VB Developer
BAE SYSTEMS

I'd assume your VB program is 32 bits. It won't use the Oracle
64 bit driver - that's for 64 bit programs. You'd need to
install the Oracle 32 bit ODBC driver. You can also post to
"microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general".

- Arnie


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