You must enter the Data Source Name and the TNS Service Name. You can provide
the other information requested in the dialog box, or you can leave the fields
blank and provide the information when you run the application.
The Oracle8 ODBC Setup dialog box has the following options:
Main Setup Options
Data Source Name - the name used to identify the data source to ODBC. For example, "Personnel Data".
Description - a description or comment about the data in the data source. For example,
"Hire date, salary history, and current review of all employees."
TNS Service Name - the location of the Oracle database from which the ODBC driver will retrieve
data. This is the same name entered in configuring Net8 database services using the Oracle Net8 Assistant. For more information, see the Net8 documentation and troubleshooting using the Oracle8 ODBC Driver for the first time. The TNS Service Name can be selected from a pulldown list of available TNS
names.
User ID - the User ID is the user name of the account on the server used to access
the data.
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Oracle8 ODBC Setup Dialog Box
