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Configuring ODBC Connections
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11/01/2001 17:33:21
Dave Nantais
Light speed database solutions
Ontario, Canada
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Visual FoxPro
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Client/server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00462621
Message ID:
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>I have a VFP application that connects to an ACCESS97 database via ODBC.
>A client wishes to use this same VFP application to connect to 30 different ACCESS97 databases via ODBC on 12 different machines.
>
>This would mean configuring ODBC Connections 12*30 times.
>Is there a way to automatically configure an ODBC connection without performing the task manually in Windows using the control panel and the ODBC Data Source Administrator?
>
>Will some kind of WSH program work?
>
>
>Thanks In Advance.

Why not use a DSN-less connection to access the Access MDB. Here is an example posted by JVP some time ago:

lconnstr = 'DBQ=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\NWIND.MDB;'+;
'DefaultDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98;'+;
'Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DriverId=281;'+;
'FIL=MS Access;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;'
lnconn = sqlstringconnect(lcconnstr)
This way you can keep the conenction information in a table (or whereever) and add to it as needed.

HTH.
Larry Miller
MCSD
LWMiller3@verizon.net

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