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Connection strings for Paradox

Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and provider downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\myDb;Extended Properties=Paradox 5.x;

Please note that you should only specify the folder where the database resides. Not the database name itself.

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Microsoft Paradox Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )}
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

5.X

    
Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;
DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\;CollatingSequence=ASCII;
 
 

7.X

    
Provider=MSDASQL;Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Read;
Extended Properties='DSN=Paradox;DBQ=C:\myDb;DefaultDir=C:\myDb;DriverId=538;FIL=Paradox 7.X;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=600;';
Initial Catalog=C:\myDb;

Please note that this one only supports read operations.

 
 

Intersolv 3.11 ODBC Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage DSN=myDSN
 Manufacturer DataDirect Technologies
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

7.X

DataDirect provides this Paradox 7.x table format driver with read-write capability. Note that Paradox tables remain frozen at table format 7.x, That means that software mentioning Paradox 8, 9, 10 tables are really always referencing format 7.x.

    
DSN=MyDSN;AUT=1;CT=7;DQ=0;FOC=0;IS=1;PW=myPassword;USF=1;ULQ=1;

Not all parameters are required, most of them can be set at the DSN system config.

Parameters definition
AUT - ApplicationUsingThreads
CT - CreateType
DB - Database
DSN - DataSourceName
DQ - DeferQueryEvaluation
FOC - FileOpenCache
IS - IntlSort
ND - NetDir
PW - Passwords
USF - UltraSafeCommit
ULQ - UseLongQualifiers

 
 

.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.

 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB

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

Set example values

Use an OLE DB provider from .NET

    
Provider=any oledb provider's name;OledbKey1=someValue;OledbKey2=someValue;

See the respective OLEDB provider's connection strings options. The .net OleDbConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified OLEDB provider. Read more here.

 
 

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