Hi Joel,

To get connection string you can create a File DSN and open it in any text editor.

>Hi,
>
>Does anyone user the SQLSTRINGCONNECT function to connect to an Oracle Database, if so what is the format of the string needed. I guessed on the following, based on what is used to connect to SQL Server
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>lnConnect = SQLSTRINGCONNECT("Driver=Oracle ODBC Driver;Server=Phoenix;UID=MyUser;PWD=MyPassword;Database=kan2")
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>but I always receive a dialog box requesting Service name, User name and Password, although the username and password boxes are prepopulated with the correct info.
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>Anyone know where I am going wrong?
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>Thanks,
>
>Joel