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Fred wrote:dmb: the database name should be put in the DSN no ?

Sorry that I come back to this once more, but does your answer indicates that you're not going to add this parameter to the OpenDatabase command?.

dmb: the database name should be put in the DSN no ?

The DSN itself doesn't contain a reference to a particular database name. The database type to which I want to connect to is SQLBase. When using VB6 I use the following connection string:

DSN=Name of DSN;UID=userid;PWD=password;DB=database ...

Thanks for your answers so far. I'll look at the examples soon.

I've been testing a bit myself and found that I can use the command:

OpenDatabase(0,"dsn name", "userid", "password")

The only thing missing here is the ability to specify the database name, like f.e. '150'.

Is database support ...

Yes you can connect to any database via ODBC.


I know that it's possible to connect to a ODBC database, but for my purposes I need to be able to specificy connection properties via a connection string. F.e. information like userid, password, database number and servername is not available in the ...

Hi,

I'm currently using VB6 for my (business) applications and I'm looking for a good alternative. PB looks quite good. I really like the idea of a one-EXE application (remembers me of the good-old DOS days ;) ).

I've browsed through the forum, but still couldn't find a definitive answer to the ...