| title | description | author | ms.author | ms.date | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | helpviewer_keywords | |||||||
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ODBC Data Sources |
SQL Server Native Client ODBC Data Sources |
markingmyname |
maghan |
03/14/2017 |
sql |
native-client |
reference |
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[!INCLUDESQL Server Azure SQL Database Synapse Analytics PDW]
A [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] data source name (DSN) identifies an ODBC data source containing all of the information that an ODBC application needs to connect to a [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] database on a specific server. There are two ways you can define an ODBC data source name:
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On a client computer, open Administrative Tools in Control Panel, and double-click Data Sources (ODBC). This will open the ODBC Data Source Administrator, which you can use to create a DSN.
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In an ODBC application, call SQLConfigDataSource.
A [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] data source contains:
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The name of the data source.
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Any information needed to connect to a specific instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
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The default database to use on a specific instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] (optional).
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Settings such as which ANSI options to use, whether to log performance statistics, and so on (optional).
An ODBC application is not required to connect through a data source. However, the application must provide the same connectivity information to an ODBC connect function that the driver would otherwise find in a DSN.