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Mike LaRocca (VIP)
Hi everyone,

Is it possible to use an ODBC datasource with a SqlConnection object? If we use SQL Server, we can create a SqlConnection, then drag it onto our form for use. But if we instead use an ODBC datasource, when we drag the connection onto our form, we get the following error:

You cannot use an OLE DB provider for ODBC drivers.

Thanks a lot,

-Mike
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Mike LaRocca (VIP)
Nevermind... we were using an old version of the .NET framework (1.0). We just tested with 1.1 and it works ok.

Thanks anyway,

-Mike

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Paul Clement
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:43:01 -0700, Mike LaRocca <Mike Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote:

¤ Hi everyone,
¤
¤ Is it possible to use an ODBC datasource with a SqlConnection object? If we use SQL Server, we can create a SqlConnection, then drag it onto our form for use. But if we instead use an ODBC datasource, when we drag the connection onto our form, we get the following error:
¤
¤ You cannot use an OLE DB provider for ODBC drivers.
¤

Use of a DSN will implement ODBC and not the native .NET SQL Server provider. You might as well use
the ODBC .NET provider instead if you really need to use a DSN.

The recommend method is to use the .NET SQL Server provider with a DSN-less connection.

Paul ~~~ Click here to reveal e-mail address
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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