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I have created a system DSN to an SQL Database programmatically and would like to test the database connection via a command button before executing any queries against the database.
Can anyone help me write this?
I have created a system DSN to an SQL Database programmatically and would like to test the database connection via a command button before executing any queries against the database.
Can anyone help me write this?
How are you invoking your queries - ADO ?
If so, why not just add an Error trap at the point of creating the connection ?
ie along the lines of:
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I used the below function (in conjunction with others) to create the DSN
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Doesn't the database provide a tool that alloows you to create the DSN and run a test against it?
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