Hi John,

You should be able to do it DSN-less. The connection string should be:

"Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;" & _
"User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword"

I don't know if this slightly-different version will work for you or not.
Info from:

http://www.able-consulting.com/MDAC/...eFromMicrosoft

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Regards,

Jake Marx
MS MVP - Excel
www.longhead.com

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John wrote:
> I am having trouble defining an OLEDB connection string to
> an Oracle database. I have no problem using an ODBC
> connection.
>
> Works (ODBC)
> obj.Connection = "ODBC;DRIVER={Microsoft ODBC for
> Oracle};SERVER=IFAS;UID=scott;PWD=tiger"
>
> Doesn't work (OLEDB)
> obj.Connection = "OLEDB; Provider=MSDAORA; Data
> Source=ifas; User ID=scott; Password=tiger;"
>
> Does a DSN need to be created for OLEDB connections? What
> am I missing? TIA...
>
> John