I confirm this with R:Base ODBC data sources I've create on my XP and a client's 2000 machines
David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:25 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Win XP ODBC System DSN problem > I have a brand new XP laptop, and have been installing software and > patches on it since Friday. I have a huge problem that has now consumed > about 24 hours. Have any of you fount a similar problem? > > When I add a system data source through the Windows ODBC > Administrator, it never appears on the list, nor on the list of data sources in > the Dev Studio workspace. (If I try to recreate the same one, I get a prompt > that the name already exists, do I want to overwrite?) > > The data source is working. A running application can connect to it and > query the data source. (Meanwhile, I can't do any development, because I > cannot "see" the datasource from Dev Studio, or even from the ODBC > Administrator. It is not just an Oterro problem: I cannot see ANY system data > source of Any kind in the ODBC Administrator list of System DSNs. > > I have R:Tango 5.0, which includes Developers Studio 5.0 and the R:Base > Technologies' Oterro ODBC driver. > > I have installed MS MDAC 2.8, which includes the latest ODBC Administrator > 3.525.1022.0. I had the problem before I installed that, and installing it did > not fix the problem. > > I have tried MSKB article 285654 on the ListSystemDSNs registry key, that's > not it, there is no such registry key in my registry. (I suspected that one, > because i did install IIS on the laptop for testing.) > >
