Configuration topics > Configuring Microsoft ODBC > Configuring Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

The easiest way to configure ODBC is to:

1.Highlight ODBC under Drivers on the Configuration page of the BDE Administrator or highlight an ODBC database on the Databases page.

2.Choose Object|ODBC Administrator. For ODBC 2.x drivers, the ODBC Administrator appears. For ODBC 3.x drivers, the Data Sources dialog box appears. Follow the onscreen instructions and vendor-supplied Help.

Manual configuration

Or, you can configure ODBC manually, as described in this section.

The following topics contain sample configuration file blocks to help you understand the procedure for configuring ODBC. First configure the ODBC configuration file, then configure the BDE configuration file to support ODBC.

•Configuring the ODBC configuration file

•Configuring the BDE configuration file for ODBC

•ODBC Socket configuration entries

•AutoODBC