>>>Any ideas on why the following is failing (returns 0)?

>>>DECLARE Integer SQLConfigDataSource in odbccp32 ;
>>>   Integer, Integer, String, String
>>>lcODBCDriver="MSORCL32"
>>>lcSettings="DSN=Locator"+chr(0)+;
>>>           "Description=Region 6 Locator"+chr(0)+;
>>>           "Server=Reg6"+chr(0)+;
>>>           "UID=Reader"
>>>lnSuccess=SQLConfigDataSource(0, 1, lcODBCDriver, lcSettings)
>>>return lnSuccess

>>>
>>>This is trying to setup a new DSN with the 32-bit MS ODBC drivers for Oracle
>>>
>>>TIA
>>Mark,
>>
>>In the function declaration, does it return a BOOL or a DWORD. If it's a BOOL then 0 does indeed mean that the function failed. However, many functions return 0 (ERROR_SUCCESS) if they're not returning handles, etc.
>
>My guess is it is returning Bool -- I go into Win 95 registry and/or ODBC Mgr and the entry does not appear, therefore it has failed to be created.
>
>I have done this in the past, and it worked. I am stumped as to where to go from here. I can *manually* add the new DSN via the 32-bit ODBC Manager. But I want to be able to programmatically create the DSN if it does not exist on a user's computer. I have been able to check successfully for the existence (or not) of a DSN.

Sorry, Mark, I think you left the ending PRE tag off, and I can't reply directly to that message.

Anyway, from what I saw, I'd try declaring and passing the strings by reference rather than value (the "lp" prefix on the declaration indicates it). Further, you also should probably pass the calling window's handle. This might be necessary for messaging.