Connection strings for DSN

ODBC drivers for DSN

.NET libraries for DSN

ODBC DSN

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage DSN=myDSN or FILEDSN=c:\myDsnFile.dsn
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

System DSN

    
DSN=myDsn;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=;
 
 

File DSN

    
FILEDSN=c:\myDsnFile.dsn;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=;
 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and wrapper class library downloads

Set example values

Use an ODBC driver from .NET

    
Driver={any odbc driver's name};OdbcKey1=someValue;OdbcKey2=someValue;

See the respective ODBC driver's connection strings options. The .net OdbcConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified ODBC driver. Read more here.

 
 

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