Getting Installed Driver Information

Keywords: 	 sql drivers

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Question:

I'm trying to get detailed info about an ODBC source - the files and parameters it references.

I see you've implemented a function called qDriverList(), which makes a call to SQLGetInstalledDrivers API. Is there another function that return the above info that I want?

Answer:

SQLGetInstalledDrivers simply gets a list of the different drivers that were installed. It sounds like the user wants to get information about a particular DSN (Data Source Name). I believe this information can be accessed from the registry, using our registry functions.

The key (for a USER DSN) can most likely be found.....

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\DSNname.......

The key (for a SYSTEM DSN) can most likely be found.....

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\odbc.ini\DSNname.......

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Article ID:   W14331

Filename:   Get Installed Driver Information.txt