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• ODBC Standard Security: “Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Uid=sa;Pwd=asdasd;” Trusted connection: “Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;” Prompt for username and password: oConn.Properties(“Prompt”) = adPromptAlwaysoConn.Open “Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;DataBase=pubs;”
• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) Standard Security: “Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;User Id=sa;Password=asdasd;” Trusted Connection: “Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;” (use serverName\instanceName as Data Source to use an specifik SQLServer instance, only SQLServer2000) Prompt for username and password: oConn.Provider = “sqloledb”oConn.Properties(“Prompt”) = adPromptAlwaysoConn.Open “Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;” Connect via an IP address: “Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;” (DBMSSOCN=TCP/IP instead of Named Pipes, at the end of the Data Source is the port to use (1433 is the default))
• SqlConnection (.NET) Standard Security: “Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;User Id=sa;Password=asdasd;” – or – “Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;Trusted_Connection=False” (both connection strings produces the same result) Trusted Connection: “Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;” – or -”Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=True;” (both connection strings produces the same result) (use serverName\instanceName as Data Source to use an specifik SQLServer instance, only SQLServer2000) Connect via an IP address: “Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;” (DBMSSOCN=TCP/IP instead of Named Pipes, at the end of the Data Source is the port to use (1433 is the default)) Declare the SqlConnection: C#:using System.Data.SqlClient;SqlConnection oSQLConn = new SqlConnection();oSQLConn.ConnectionString=”my connection string”;oSQLConn.Open(); VB.NET: Imports System.Data.SqlClientDim oSQLConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection()oSQLConn.ConnectionString=”my connection string”oSQLConn.Open()
• Data Shape MS Data Shape”Provider=MSDataShape;Data Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;”

2. SQL Server 2005

• SQL Native Client ODBC Driver Standard security: “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;UID=sa;PWD=asdasd;” Trusted connection: “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=yes;” EquivalentsIntegrated Security=SSPI equals Trusted_Connection=yes Prompt for username and password: oConn.Properties(“Prompt”) = adPromptAlwaysoConn.Open “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=Aron1;DataBase=pubs;” Enabling MARS (multiple active result sets): “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;MARS_Connection=yes” EquivalentsMultipleActiveResultSets=true equals MARS_Connection=yes Encrypt data sent over network: “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;Encrypt=yes” Attach a database file on connect to a local SQL Server Express instance: “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=c:\asd\qwe\mydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;” – or – “Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=DataDirectorymydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;” (use DataDirectory when your database file resides in the data directory) Why is the “Database” parameter needed? Answer: If the database was previously attached, SQL Server does not reattach it (it uses the attached database as the default for the connection). (the package contains booth the ODBC driver and the OLE DB provider) Using SQL Server 2005 Express? Don’t miss the server name syntax: SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (Substitute “SERVERNAME” with the name of the computer)
• SQL Native Client OLE DB Provider Standard security: “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; UID=sa;PWD=asdasd;” Trusted connection: “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;” Equivalents Integrated Security=SSPI equals Trusted_Connection=yes Prompt for username and password: oConn.Properties(“Prompt”) = adPromptAlwaysoConn.Open “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=Aron1;DataBase=pubs;” Enabling MARS (multiple active result sets): “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;MarsConn=yes” Equivalents MarsConn=yes equals MultipleActiveResultSets=true equals MARS_Connection=yes Encrypt data sent over network: “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=yes;Encrypt=yes” Attach a database file on connect to a local SQL Server Express instance: “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=c:\asd\qwe\mydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;” – or – “Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=DataDirectorymydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;” (use DataDirectory when your database file resides in the data directory) Why is the “Database” parameter needed? Answer: If the database was previously attached, SQL Server does not reattach it (it uses the attached database as the default for the connection). (the package contains booth the ODBC driver and the OLE DB provider) Using SQL Server 2005 Express? Don’t miss the server name syntax: SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (Substitute “SERVERNAME” with the name of the computer)

• SqlConnection (.NET) Standard Security: “Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;User Id=sa;Password=asdasd;” – or – “Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;Trusted_Connection=False” (both connection strings produces the same result) Trusted Connection: “Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;” – or – “Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=True;” (both connection strings produces the same result) (use serverName\instanceName as Data Source to use an specifik SQLServer instance) Connect via an IP address: “Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433; Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=pubs;User ID=sa;Password=asdasd;” (DBMSSOCN=TCP/IP instead of Named Pipes, at the end of the Data Source is the port to use (1433 is the default)) Enabling MARS (multiple active result sets): “Server=Aron1;Database=pubs; Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true” Note! Use ADO.NET 2.0 for MARS functionality. MARS is not supported in ADO.NET 1.0 nor ADO.NET 1.1 Streamline your Data Connections by Moving to MARS, by Laurence Moroney, DevX.com >> Attach a database file on connect to a local SQL Server Express instance: “Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=c:\asd\qwe\mydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname; Trusted_Connection=Yes;” – or – “Server=.\SQLExpress; AttachDbFilename=DataDirectorymydbfile.mdf; Database=dbname; Trusted_Connection=Yes;” (use DataDirectory when your database file resides in the data directory) Why is the “Database” parameter needed? Answer: If the database was previously attached, SQL Server does not reattach it ( it uses the attached database as the default for the connection). Using “User Instance” on a local SQL Server Express instance: “Data Source=.\SQLExpress;integrated security=true; attachdbfilename=DataDirectory\mydb.mdf;user instance=true;” The “User Instance” functionality creates a new SQL Server instance on the fly during connect. This works only on a local SQL Server 2005 instance and only when connecting using windows authentication over local named pipes. The purpose is to be able to create a full rights SQL Server instance to a user with limited administrative rights on the computer. To enable the functionality: sp_configure ‘user instances enabled’,'1′ (0 to disable) Using SQL Server 2005 Express? Don’t miss the server name syntax: SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (Substitute “SERVERNAME” with the name of the computer)

• Context Connection – connecting to “self” from within your CLR stored prodedure/function C#: using(SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(“context connection=true”)) { connection.Open(); // Use the connection } Visual Basic: Using connection as new SqlConnection(“context connection=true”) connection.Open() ‘ Use the connection End Using The context connection lets you execute Transact-SQL statements in the same context (connection) that your code was invoked in the first place.

3. Access

• ODBC Standard Security: “Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=;” Workgroup: “Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;SystemDB=C:\mydatabase.mdw;” Exclusive: “Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Exclusive=1;Uid=admin;Pwd=”

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) Standard security: “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;” Workgroup (system database): “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:System Database=system.mdw;” With password: “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;”

4. Oracle

• ODBC New version: “Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world; Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;” Old version: “Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle}; ConnectString=OracleServer.world; Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;”

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) Standard security: “Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;” This one’s from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle Standard Security: “Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;” Trusted Connection: “Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;”

• OracleConnection (.NET) Standard: “Data Source=MyOracleDB;Integrated Security=yes;” This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later Specifying username and password: “Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=username;Password=passwd;Integrated Security=no;” This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later

• Declare the OracleConnection: C#: using System.Data.OracleClient; OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection(); oOracleConn.ConnectionString = “my connection string”; oOracleConn.Open(); VB.NET: Imports System.Data.OracleClient Dim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection() OracleConn.ConnectionString = “my connection string” oOracleConn.Open() Missing the System.Data.OracleClient namespace? Download .NET Managed Provider for Oracle >>Great article! “Features of Oracle Data Provider for .NET” by Rama Mohan G. at C# Corner

• Core Labs OraDirect (.NET) Standard: “User ID=scott; Password=tiger; Host=ora; Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0″ Read more at Core Lab and the product page.

• Data Shape MS Data Shape: “Provider=MSDataShape.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Provider=MSDAORA;Data Source=orac;user id=username;password=mypw”

5. MySQL

• MyODBC MyODBC 2.50 Local database: “Driver={mySQL};Server=localhost; Option=16834;Database=mydatabase;” MyODBC 2.50 Remote database: “Driver={mySQL};Server=data.domain.com; Port=3306;Option=131072;Stmt=; Database=my-database;Uid=username;Pwd=password;” MyODBC 3.51 Local database: “DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=myDatabase; USER=myUsername; PASSWORD=myPassword;OPTION=3;” MyODBC 3.51 Remote database: “DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=data.domain.com; PORT=3306;DATABASE=myDatabase; USER=myUsername;PASSWORD=myPassword;OPTION=3;”

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) Standard: “Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=mydb; User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;” Connector/Net 1.0 (.NET) Standard: “Server=Server;Database=Test;Uid=UserName;Pwd=asdasd;” Download the driver at MySQL Developer Zone. Specifying port: “Server=Server;Port=1234;Database=Test; Uid=UserName;Pwd=asdasd;” Default port is 3306. Enter value -1 to use a named pipe connection. Declare the MySqlClient connection: C#: using MySql.Data.MySqlClient; MySqlConnection oMySqlConn = new MySqlConnection(); oMySqlConn.ConnectionString = “Server=Server;Database=Test;Uid=UserName;Pwd=asdasd;”; oMySqlConn.Open(); VB.NET: Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient Dim oMySqlConn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection() oMySqlConn.ConnectionString = “Server=Server;Database=Test;Uid=UserName;Pwd=asdasd;” oMySqlConn.Open()

• MySqlConnection (.NET) eInfoDesigns.dbProvider: “Data Source=server;Database=mydb;User ID=username;Password=pwd;Command Logging=false” This one is used with eInfoDesigns dbProvider, an add-on to .NET Declare the MySqlConnection: C#: using eInfoDesigns.dbProvider.MySqlClient; MySqlConnection oMySqlConn = new MySqlConnection(); oMySqlConn.ConnectionString = “my connection string”; oMySqlConn.Open(); VB.NET: Imports eInfoDesigns.dbProvider.MySqlClient Dim oMySqlConn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection() oMySqlConn.ConnectionString = “my connection string” oMySqlConn.Open()

• SevenObjects MySqlClient (.NET) Standard: “Host=server; UserName=myusername; Password=mypassword;Database=mydb;” This is a freeware ADO.Net data provider from SevenObjects

• Core Labs MySQLDirect (.NET) Standard: “User ID=root; Password=pwd; Host=localhost; Port=3306; Database=test; Direct=true; Protocol=TCP; Compress=false; Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0; Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0″

6.Interbase

• ODBC, Easysoft Local computer: “Driver={Easysoft IB6 ODBC}; Server=localhost;Database=localhost:C:\mydatabase.gdb; Uid=username;Pwd=password” Remote Computer: “Driver={Easysoft IB6 ODBC}; Server=ComputerName; Database=ComputerName:C:\mydatabase.gdb; Uid=username;Pwd=password”

• ODBC, Intersolv Local computer: “Driver={INTERSOLV InterBase ODBC Driver (*.gdb)};Server=localhost;Database=localhost:C:\mydatabase.gdb; Uid=username;Pwd=password” Remote Computer: “Driver={INTERSOLV InterBase ODBC Driver (*.gdb)}; Server=ComputerName; Database=ComputerName:C:\mydatabase.gdb; Uid=username;Pwd=password” This driver are provided by DataDirect Technologies >> (formerly Intersolv)

• OLE DB, SIBPROvider Standard: “provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;user id=SYSDBA;password=masterkey” Specifying character set: “provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;user id=SYSDBA;password=masterkey;character set=ISO8859_1″ Specifying role: “provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;user id=SYSDBA;password=masterkey;role=DIGITADORES”

7.IBM DB2

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) from ms TCP/IP: “Provider=DB2OLEDB;Network Transport Library=TCPIP;Network Address=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema; User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW” APPC: “Provider=DB2OLEDB;APPC Local LU Alias=MyAlias;APPC Remote LU Alias=MyRemote;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema; User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW”

• IBM’s OLE DB Provider (shipped with IBM DB2 UDB v7 or above) TCP/IP: Provider=IBMDADB2;Database=sample;HOSTNAME=db2host; PROTOCOL=TCPIP; PORT=50000;uid=myUserName;pwd=myPwd;

• ODBC Standard: “driver={IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER};Database=myDbName;hostname=myServerName; port=myPortNum;protocol=TCPIP; uid=myUserName; pwd=myPwd”

8.Sybase

• ODBC Standard Sybase System 12 Enterprise Open Client: “Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password” Standard Sybase System 12.5 Enterprise Open Client: “Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};NA=HOSTNAME,PORT_NUMBER; UID=username;PWD=password” Standard Sybase System 11: “Driver={SYBASE SYSTEM 11};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;Database=mydb” For more information check out the Adaptive Server Enterprise Document Sets Intersolv 3.10: “Driver={INTERSOLV 3.10 32-BIT Sybase};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;” Sybase SQL Anywhere (former Watcom SQL ODBC driver): “ODBC; Driver=Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0; DefaultDir=c:\dbfolder\;Dbf=c:\mydatabase.db; Uid=username;Pwd=password;Dsn=”"”"” Note! The two double quota (“”) following the DSN parameter at the end are escaped quotas (VB syntax), you may have to change this to your language specific escape syntax (\”) or maybe single quota (‘). The empty DSN parameter is indeed critical as not including it will result in error 7778. OLE DB Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA): “Provider=ASAProv;Data source=myASA” Read more in the ASA User Guide (part 1, chapter 2) >> Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) with Data Source .IDS file: “Provider=Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider; Data source=myASE” Note that you must create a Data Source .IDS file using the Sybase Data Advministrator. These .IDS files resemble ODBC DSNs.

• Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE): “Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider;Srvr=myASEserver,5000; Catalog=myDBname;User Id=username;Password=password” – some reports on problem using the above one, try the following as an alternative – “Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider; Server Name=myASEserver,5000;Initial Catalog=myDBname; User Id=username;Password=password” This one works only from Open Client 12.5 where the server port number feature works, allowing fully qualified connection strings to be used without defining any .IDS Data Source files.

• AseConnection (.NET) Standard: “Data Source=’myASEserver’;Port=5000;Database=’myDBname’; UID=’username’;PWD=’password’;” Declare the AseConnection: C#: using Sybase.Data.AseClient; AseConnection oCon = new AseConnection(); oCon.ConnectionString=”my connection string”; oCon.Open(); VB.NET: Imports System.Data.AseClientDim oCon As AseConnection = New AseConnection()oCon.ConnectionString=”my connection string”oCon.Open()

9.Informix

• ODBC Informix 3.30: “Dsn=”;Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT};Host=hostname; Server=myserver;Service=service-name;Protocol=olsoctcp; Database=mydb;UID=username;PWD=myPwd Informix-CLI 2.5: “Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};Server=myserver; Database=mydb;Uid=username;Pwd=myPwd”

• OLE DB IBM Informix OLE DB Provider: “Provider=Ifxoledbc.2;password=myPw;User ID=myUser;Data Source=dbName@serverName; Persist Security Info=true”

10. Ingres

• ODBC DSN-less: “Provider=MSDASQL.1;DRIVER=Ingres;SRVR=xxxxx; DB=xxxxx;Persist Security Info=False;uid=xxxx; pwd=xxxxx;SELECTLOOPS=N; Extended Properties=”"SERVER=xxxxx; DATABASE=xxxxx;SERVERTYPE=INGRES”"” Important note! The two double quota (“”) in the string are escaped quotas (VB syntax), you may have to change this to your language specific escape syntax (ex. \”) or maybe single quota (‘).

11. Mimer SQL

• ODBC Standard Security: “Driver={MIMER};Database=mydb;Uid=myuser;Pwd=mypw;” Prompt for username and password: “Driver={MIMER};Database=mydb;”

12. Lightbase

• Standard Standard: “user=USERLOGIN;password=PASSWORD;UDB=USERBASE; server=SERVERNAME”

13.PostgreSQL

• Core Labs PostgreSQLDirect (.NET) Standard: “User ID=root; Password=pwd; Host=localhost; Port=5432; Database=testdb;Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0; Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0″ Read more at Core Lab and the product page.

• PostgreSQL driver Standard: “DRIVER={PostgreSQL};SERVER=ipaddress;port=5432; DATABASE=dbname;UID=username;PWD=password;”
• Npgsql by pgFoundry (.NET) SSL activated: “Server=127.0.0.1;Port=5432;Userid=myuserid; password=mypw;Protocol=3;SSL=true; Pooling=true;MinPoolSize=3;MaxPoolSize=20; Encoding=UNICODE;Timeout=20;SslMode=Require” Without SSL: “Server=127.0.0.1;Port=5432;Userid=myuserid; password=mypw; Protocol=3;SSL=false; Pooling=true;MinPoolSize=1;MaxPoolSize=20; Encoding=UNICODE;Timeout=15;SslMode=Disable”

14. Paradox

• ODBC 5.X: Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\; CollatingSequence=ASCII” 7.X: “Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Read;Extended Properties=’DSN=Paradox;DBQ=C:\myDb; DefaultDir=C:\myDb;DriverId=538;FIL=Paradox 7.X; MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=600;’;Initial Catalog=C:\myDb”
• OleDbConnection (.NET) Standard “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\myDb; Extended Properties=Paradox 5.x;”

15. DSN

• ODBC DSN: “DSN=myDsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;” File DSN: “FILEDSN=c:\myData.dsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;”

16. Firebird

• ODBC – IBPhoenix Open Source Standard: “DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;UID=SYSDBA; PWD=masterkey; DBNAME=D:\FIREBIRD\examples\TEST.FDB” IBPhoenix ODBC; More info, download etc >>

• .NET – Firebird .Net Data Provider Standard: “User=SYSDBA;Password=masterkey; Database=SampleDatabase.fdb; DataSource=localhost; Port=3050;Dialect=3;Charset=NONE;Role=; Connection lifetime=15;Pooling=true;MinPoolSize=0; MaxPoolSize=50;Packet Size=8192;ServerType=0″

17. Excel

• ODBC Standard: “Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790; Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;” TIP! SQL syntax: “SELECT * FROM [sheet1$]” – i.e. worksheet name followed by a “$” and wrapped in “[" "]” brackets.

• OLE DB Standard: “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=”"Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1″”" “HDR=Yes;” indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data “IMEX=1;” tells the driver to always read “intermixed” data columns as text. Note that this option might affect excel sheet write access negative. TIP! SQL syntax: “SELECT * FROM [sheet1$]” – i.e. worksheet name followed by a “$” and wrapped in “[" "]” brackets. TIP! Check out the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel] located registry REG_DWORD “TypeGuessRows”. That’s the key to n ot letting Excel use only the first 8 rows to guess the columns data type. Set this value to 0 to scan all rows. This might hurt performance. Important note! The two double quota (“”) in the string are escaped quotas (VB syntax), you may have to change this to your language specific escape syntax (ex. \”) or maybe single quota (‘).

18. Text

• ODBC Standard: “Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)}; Dbq=c:\txtFilesFolder\;Extensions=asc,csv,tab,txt;”
• OLE DB Standard: “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\txtFilesFolder\;Extended Properties=”"text;HDR=Yes;FMT=Delimited”"” “HDR=Yes;” indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data Important note! The two double quota (“”) in the string are escaped quotas (VB syntax), you may have to change this to your language specific escape syntax (ex. \”) or maybe single quota (‘).

19. DBF / FoxPro

• ODBC standard: “Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;”
• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) standard: “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder; Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password=”

20. AS/400 (iSeries)

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) IBM Client Access OLE DB provider: “PROVIDER=IBMDA400; DATA SOURCE=MY_SYSTEM_NAME; USER ID=myUserName;PASSWORD=myPwd” Where MY_SYSTEM_NAME is the name given to the system connection in OperationsNavigator IBM Client Access OLE DB provider: “PROVIDER=IBMDA400; DATA SOURCE=MY_SYSTEM_NAME;USER ID=myUserName;PASSWORD=myPwd;DEFAULT COLLECTION=MY_LIBRARY;” Where MY_SYSTEM_NAME is the name given to the System Connection, and MY_LIBRARY is the name given to the library in iSeries Navigator.

• ODBC IBM Client Access ODBC driver: “Driver={Client Access ODBC Driver (32-bit)};System=my_system_name; Uid=myUserName;Pwd=myPwd”

21. Exchange

• OLE DB Exchange OLE DB provider: “ExOLEDB.DataSource” Specify store in the connection open command like this: conn.open http://servername/mypublicstore

22. Visual FoxPro

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET) Database container (.DBC): “Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=C:\MyDbFolder\MyDbContainer.dbc; Collating Sequence=machine” Free table directory: “Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=C:\MyDataDirectory\;Collating Sequence=general” Force the provider to use an ODBC DSN: “Provider=vfpoledb.1;DSN=MyDSN” Read more (Microsoft msdn) >>
• ODBC Database container (.DBC): “Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBC; SourceDB=c:\myvfpdb.dbc;Exclusive=No; NULL=NO; Collate=Machine;BACKGROUNDFETCH=NO;DELETED=NO” Free Table directory: “Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver}; SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=c:\myvfpdbfolder;Exclusive=No; Collate=Machine; NULL=NO; DELETED=NO;BACKGROUNDFETCH=NO” “Collate=Machine” is the default setting, for other settings check the list of supported collating sequences >> Microsoft Visual Foxpro site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro

23 Pervasive

• ODBC Standard: “Driver={Pervasive ODBC Client Interface};ServerName=srvname;dbq=@dbname” Pervasive ODBC info >>
• OLE DB Standard: “Provider=PervasiveOLEDB;Data Source=C:\path”

24. UDL

• UDL UDL: “File Name=c:\myDataLink.udl;”

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