Answers to your questions:
1. Error messages (testdb.pl is the name of my program):
DBI->connect($dbn) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source
name not found and no default driver specified
<SQL-IM002><DBD:db-login/SQLConnect err=-1> at testdb.pl line 22
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no
default driver specified <SQL-IM002><DBD:db-login/SQLConnect err=-1>
2. Microsoft Access Driver version: 4.00.5353.01
3. I login in to my PC as administaitor and the database file was built by
myself.
Regards
Haifeng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Urlwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Liu Haifeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jeff Urlwin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: Failure of ODBC connection with Access
> I have a few questions:
>
> What's the error message?
> What version of the Access ODBC driver are you using?
> Do you have access to the path/file?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
> >
> > Thanks to Jeff first, but I still failed in both ways either by DSN-less
> > connection or by system DSN connnection.
> > ....
> > #my $dbn="driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb);dbq=\\\\genethon\\data
> > drive\\www\\DB\\newgene.mdb";
> > my $dbn="newgene";
> > my $dbh=DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:$dbn','','')|| die "$DBI::errstr\n";
> > ...
> > where "newgene" is a system DSN I have added.
> >
> > I do use DBD::ODBC 0.28. Any more suggestions?
> >
> > Regards
> > Haifeng
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Urlwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Liu Haifeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:32 PM
> > Subject: RE: Failure of ODBC connection with Access
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am wondering how to successfully connect to Microsoft Access
> > > > database using DBD::ODBC. Here is the snippet of my code:
> > >
> > > Use perldoc DBD::ODBC and you will see an example of a DSN-less
> > connection,
> > > which is what you are trying to do. Otherwise, setup a system
> > DSN and use
> > > DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN", etc)
> > > >
> > > > .....
> > > > my $dbdrive=DBI->install_driver('ODBC');
> > > > my $dbn="driver=Microsoft Access Driver
> > > > (*.mdb);dbq=\\\genethon\\data drive\\www\\DB\\newgene.mdb";
> > > > my $dbh=$dbdrive->connect('dbi:ODBC:$dbn','','')|| die
> > "$DBI::errstr\n";
> > > > ....
> > >
> > > Thre are two problems here:
> > > 1) you should never need to call install_driver. Just use
> > DBI->connect()
> > > 2) Your dbq= has a missing backslash in front of the server name (3
> > instead
> > > of 4)
> > >
> > >
> > > > where "genethon" is my PC name and the database file
> > > > "newgene.mdb" actually locates under C:\data drive\www\DB.
> > > >
> > > > The error message is "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
> > > > source name not found and no default driver specified
> > > > <SQL-IM002><DBD:db-login/SQLConnect err=-1>"
> > > >
> > > Also, check which version of DBD::ODBC you are using. There were some
> > > spurious error messages in the .28 when using a long name
> > connecting like
> > > this. I think you'll be ok, but...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
