How can i specify...

How can i specify Language Driver Information to a data source name. Can i pass that along with my connection string?

Thanks in advance

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If you mean like telling ADO which driver or provider to use, you can use the following:

'for use with an Access database
Dim s as string
Dim cn as ADODB.Connection

s = "Provider=MSDASQL;Driver=(Microsoft Access Driver {*.mdb});"
s = s & "DBQ=" & App.Path & "\settings.mdb;"
'or for SQL Server:
s = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Driver={SQL Server Driver};Server=YourServer;..."
'or for Oracle: s = "Provider=MSORASQL"
'(i dont know the driver for that one but im pretty sure the provider is something like that)

set cn = new ADODB.Connection
cn.ConnectionString = s
cn.Open

...




I have opened connections only specifying a provider, or only a driver or sometimes both. it really depends on the database type for which parameters are neccessary.

Hope that helped,
John

John Pirkey
MCSD
www.ShallowWaterSystems.com

Hi,
Actually i wanted to know whether i can specify the Language related information in the dsn entry. I am getting strange errors when i try to populate my recordset with values from the client database. The client database contains some characters like ü,õ, etc. The clients database is, i think, in German. While saving records with these values to my database it is giving me error like `Error string concatination, numeric overflow and bla bla`. I am using ODBC DRIVER FOR INTERBASE BY INTERSOLV.

Thanks in advance.

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