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Need Help Setting up ODBC
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19/02/1998 21:34:57
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Visual FoxPro
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>>And thanks again for your input Gene, I thought I was losing my mind
>yesterday. BTW, what is the difference between User DSN, System DSN, and
>File DSN?
>
>Sorry for the delay in the reply (the weekend and an ISP problem):
>
>USER DSN:
> This limits the ODBC connection only to the specific user logged on the
>machine (Win95/NT).
>SYSTEM DSN
> All users that are using the machine (Win95/NT) have access to this ODBC
>connection.
>FILE DSN
> I believe (I've never used it) that you may copy this ODBC connection
>from computer to computer
> and ALL users can use it. It is not computer or enduser specific.
>
>For most purposes where the data is not 'top secret' you can use SYSTEM DSN.
>I use USER DSN for accessing 'secret' data such as financial info, customer
>lists, etc.
>
>
>Gene Berger
>The Corner Analyst
>13995 Graham Road
>Pataskala, Ohio 43062
>(614) 927-8994
>gberger@asacomp.com
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Displayed using 100% recycled electrons.

Thank You!
Roxanne M. Seibert
Independent Consultant, VFP MCP

Code Monkey Like Fritos
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