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Setting up ODBC Connection in web.config

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Rocky20 - 20 Mar 2008 16:48 GMT
I need to know how to setup and use an ODBC connection to SQL Server
through the web.config file.
I have done a connection using OLEDB but not with ODBC.  Here's what I
have with the OLEDB.

Web.Config
<add key="connectionString" value="data source=Testdb1; initial
Catalog=Test; user=tester; password=test"/>

In the code
Dim conn As SqlConnection = New
SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("connectionString"))
Conn.open

I have an ODBC datasource setup already called TestDS.   So how would
I setup my web.config file to use TestDS and what would my code look
like to open it.

Thanks
Ray Costanzo - 20 Mar 2008 17:06 GMT
Why on earth are you using ODBC?  Is this on a Windows for Workgroups
machine or something?

Check out this site:  http://www.connectionstrings.com/

Ray Costanzo

>I need to know how to setup and use an ODBC connection to SQL Server
> through the web.config file.
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>
> Thanks
Mark Rae [MVP] - 20 Mar 2008 20:47 GMT
> I need to know how to setup and use an ODBC connection to SQL Server
> through the web.config file.

ODBC to SQL Server...??? Is there any reason why you can't use the native
.NET data provider...?

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