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27/04/1999 22:10:00
 
 
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27/04/1999 20:48:28
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Client/server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00212822
Message ID:
00212842
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>I am working on a Dell PC under Windows NT with VFP 6.
>My main network environment is a Windows NT server. I am
>now beginning to access data from a sister company that
>uses Sun/UNIX with Oracle 8 as their database.
>
>What is the best way to set up a generic connection so
>that I do not need to install ODBC drivers on each users
>workstation? Can anyone give me the specific code
>that can be used to do it? I suspect it is done with
>a SQLCONNECTSTRING() but I am having trouble configuring
>it properly. Guess that would be considered a DSNless
>connection - right?
>
>Is that the approach or do I set up a system DSN?

You can make a DSNless connection, but you still need the ODBC drivers on the PC.

BOb
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