Re: DSN-less and oledb connection scrint for Informix using OpenLink

Posted in 2004

Kingsley Idehen — 13 Jan 2004 15:42:57 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

kstahl <ktsahl@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<Ksadnec8As1cvX-i4p2dnA@comcast.com>... > In the interest of saving space I've trimmed off the text of the > response. > > Wouldn't these values just apply strictly to the IBM provider? > Different providers have different required fields, correct? I've > looked at the OpenLink documentation, but it seems to assume that > everyone only uses either JDBC or is writing a C++ program. > > Let me ask my original question in a slightly different way. If I > create a system DSN that works, could I directly extract the name > of the fields and their values from my regististry. If so, is > there any way of determining which fields are absolutely required > and which are just default values that I can ignore? See the OpenLink online documentation server at http://docs.openlinksw.com/mt/oledb.html for assistance re. you connect string issue. We provide connect sting details for ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET. Kingsley Idehen OpenLink Software