HOW TO CREATE ODBC CONNECTION

How To Create ODBC Connection

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Contents

Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................... 4

Creating a 32-bit ODBC Connection on a 64-bit computer (Windows 10) ............................................... 4

Note for ODBC on Windows 7 64-bit systems .......................................................................................... 8



Appendix 1

Creating a 32-bit ODBC Connection on a 64-bit computer (Windows 10)

Go to Cortana search and type ODBC. The best match should be ODBC Data Sources (32-bit).

Select this option.

Alternate method – type Control Panel in Cortana search

Select this option



Select Administrative Tools

Select ODBC Data Sources (32-bit)

Click on the System DSN tab

Click on the Add button

Select SQL Server from the list of available data sources (it is usually the last option in the list!),

then click on Finish.



Type in Name: & Description: aps_dsql and select or type in the SQL Server name that you will

be connecting to.

Select the radio button next to “With SQL Server authentication….”, then type in the Login ID of

admin. Click on Next.

If your site is using Windows NT Authentication, select that option instead.

Remove the ticks from the check boxes “Use ANSI quoted identifiers” and “Use ANSI nulls, padding

and warnings. Click on Next.



It is not necessary to remove the tick from “Perform translation for character data”. Click on

Finish.

Once the data source has tested successfully click on OK.

Click on Test Data Source .



Click on OK to close the set up.

The Data Source should now show in the list, click on OK.

Note for ODBC on Windows 7 64-bit systems

When creating a DSN, you must make sure that that you use the application which creates a

32-bit connection. The file can be found in the following location on Windows Servers that are

64 bit.

The program to create a 32-bit driver in a 64-bit environment is called odbcad32.exe. It is

located in C:\Windows\SysWOW64

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