Sorry I looked it up ODBC connections are intended to be local to the device
they are configured on. I cannot access an ODBC connection on a different
computer than I am trying to connect from. That's okay, I was thinking about
making an ODBC agent that works using sockets. That would allow my t
Could you please explain what you mean with "access an ODBC connection
remotely"?
Do you want to use an ODBC connection string instead of a DSN?
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> Am 18.03.2020 um 21:41 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> :
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> Hmmm your example works, so
Hmmm your example works, so yes the dictionary is wrong (again). It states
revOpenDatabase("odbc", hostAddress, databaseName,
[userName],[passWord],[cursorType]).
"hostAddress" should actually be "dsnName". Also the Disctionary example seems
to indicate the userName and passWord arguments are
i would say the description in the dictionary is wrong and therefore your
script. ;)
I am using it as follows
put revopendatabase("ODBC",DsnName,Databasename,Username,Password)
My call to MSSQL is as follows
put revopendatabase("ODBC",DsnName,,Username,Password)
Username and Password is optio
that's put revOpenDatabase("odbc","192.168.1.207","formsgen") into tDBID;put
tDBID
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 15:20 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> put:
>
> revOpenDatabase("odbc","192.168.1.207","formsgen") into tDBID;put tDBID
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