Access
- ODBC
- Standard Security:
"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=asdasd;"
- Workgroup:
"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=\somepath\mydb.mdb;SystemDB=\somepath\mydb.mdw;","admin", ""
- OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
- Standard security:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=asdasd;"
- Workgroup (system database):
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:System Database=system.mdw;","admin", ""
- With password:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;","admin", ""
Oracle
- ODBC
- New version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;"
- Old version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle};ConnectString=OracleServer.world;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;"
- OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
- Standard security:
"Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;" This one's from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle
- Standard Security:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;"
- Trusted Connection:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;"
- OracleConnection (.NET)
- Standard:
"Data Source=Oracle8i;Integrated Security=yes"; This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
- Declare the OracleConnection:
C#:
using System.Data.OracleClient;
OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection();
oOracleConn.C;
oOracleConn.Open();
VB.NET:
Imports System.Data.OracleClient
Dim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection()
oOracleConn.C
oOracleConn.Open()
- Data Shape
- MS Data Shape:
"Provider=MSDataShape.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Provider=MSDAORA;Data Source=orac;user id=username;password=mypw"
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- Local database:
"Driver={mySQL};Server=mySrvName;Option=16834;Database=mydatabase;"
- Remote database:
"Driver={mySQL};Server=data.domain.com;Port=3306;Option=131072;Stmt=;Database=my-database;Uid=username;Pwd=password;"
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- Standard:
"Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=mydb;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;"
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- EID:
"Data Source=server;Database=mydb;User ID=username;Password=pwd;Command Logging=false" This one is used with eInfoDesigns dbProvider, an add-on to .NET
- Declare the MySqlConnection:
C#:
using EID.MySqlClient;
MySqlConnection oMySqlConn = new MySqlConnection();
oMySqlConn.C;
oMySqlConn.Open();
VB.NET:
Imports EID.MySqlClient
Dim oMySqlConn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection()
oMySqlConn.C
oMySqlConn.Open()
IBM DB2
- OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET) from ms
- TCP/IP:
"Provider=DB2OLEDB;Network Transport Library=TCPIP;Network Address=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW"
- APPC:
"Provider=DB2OLEDB;APPC Local LU Alias=MyAlias;APPC Remote LU Alias=MyRemote;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW"
Sybase
- ODBC
- Standard:
"Driver={SYBASE SYSTEM 11};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;"
- Intersolv 3.10:
"Driver={INTERSOLV 3.10 32-BIT Sybase};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;"
Informix
- ODBC
- Informix 3.30:
"Dsn='';Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT};Host=hostname;Server=myserver;Service=service-name;Protocol=olsoctcp;Database=mydb;UID=username;PWD=myPwd
- Informix-CLI 2.5:
"Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};Server=myserver;Database=mydb;Uid=username;Pwd=myPwd"
DSN
- ODBC
- DSN:
"DSN=myDsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;"
- File DSN:
"FILEDSN=c:\myData.dsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;"
Excel
- ODBC
- Standard:
"Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;"
- OLE DB
- Standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;" "HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data
DBF / FoxPro
- ODBC
- standard:
"Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;"
- OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
- standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password="
Pervasive
- ODBC
- Standard:
"Driver={Pervasive ODBC Client Interface};ServerName=srvname;dbq=@dbname"
UDL
- UDL
- UDL:
"File Name=c:\myDataLink.udl;"