New ODBC Driver dialog box

Use the New ODBC Driver dialog box to add an ODBC driver connectionIndhiob9 to the Drivers list. Once your ODBC driver connection appears on the Drivers list you can configure an alias for that connection. Your ODBC data source alias enables you to connect to an ODBC database through your BDE application.

To add a new ODBC driver connection:

1.	Click the Configuration tab in the left pane of the BDE Administrator.

2.	Expand Drivers in the tree and click ODBC in the tree. Select Object\|New.

3.	In the Driver Name box, enter the name to use for the new driver connection.

4.	Use the drop-down list in the ODBC Driver Name field to identify the ODBC driver for your data source.

5.	Select one or more target ODBC data sources in the Select Data Sources To Create Aliases list. (Note: This step is optional; and helps to auto-create aliases.)

If you cannot find your ODBC driver or your ODBC data source name on the lists provided, they may not be installed properly. You may need to install your ODBC driver or set up your ODBC data source again. For more information click here:
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The new ODBC driver is added to the currently active configuration file. To save the new driver in a different configuration file, select Object|Save As Configuration and use the current configuration file name or another one.

Note:

If you are creating a new ODBC alias, you must define its DSN before you can connect to that database.

Dialog box options

Driver Name

The name you want to give to your ODBC driver connection. The following are invalid driver or alias name characters: colon (:) and backslash (\).

ODBC Driver Name

The name of the ODBC driver used to connect to this ODBC data source.

Select Data Sources To Create Aliases

The names of the target ODBC data sources. Select one or more.