FIX: Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver Creates an Invalid File DSN (172695)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0
This article was previously published under Q172695 SYMPTOMS
When trying to configure a Visual FoxPro file DSN a message similar to the
following appears:
General error: Invalid file dsn 'Windows\ODBC\Data Sources\MyData.dsn'
When trying to make a connection to a Visual FoxPro database with a file
DSN the following message appears:
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]Data source name not found and no
default driver specified
CAUSE
The Visual FoxPro ODBC driver incorrectly adds the entry "DSN=" to the file
DSN.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, remove the "DSN=" line from the .dsn file. This
file, by default, is located in the "\Windows\ODBC\Data Sources" directory.
Be aware that every time this DSN entry is configured using the ODBC Data
Source Administrator, the .dsn file is rewritten along with the "DSN="
line. This means that any time you modify this DSN entry using the ODBC
Data Source Administrator, you must also remove the "DSN=" line.
Some applications save the DSN information (including the "DSN=") when an
ODBC connection is made. Even after the original file DSN is corrected,
problems still occur when these connections are used. To correct this
problem, delete and re-create the connection.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in
Visual FoxPro 5.0a.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem is known to occur in the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver versions
5.00.00402 and 5.00.00412.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/15/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kberrmsg kbfix kbprb KB172695 |
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