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Setting Up an ODBC System Data Source Name (DSN)

 

   To set up an ODBC DSN

   1. Click the Start menu, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
    2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the 32-Bit ODBC icon.

The screen shot below was taken from Windows NT Server 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 and Shell Integration.
  
Your Control Panel may appear differently.

Control Panel in Windows NT with IE4 and Shell Integration

    3. Click System DSN tab.

ODBC Data Source Administrator

    4. Click Add.

ODBC Data Source Administrator (System DSN)

    5. Select the Microsoft Access Driver and click Finish.

Create New Data Source

    6. In the ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Setup, under Database, click Select.

ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Setup

    7. Locate the Volcano.mdb file on your hard disk, select it, and then click OK.

Select Database

NOTICE: This location will differ between Web servers. The following is a list of the locations for the volcano.mdb.

          Microsoft Internet Information Server for Windows NT Server:
            
               C:\InetPub\wwwroot\<name of web>\_private\volcano.mdb

          Microsoft Peer Web Services for Windows NT Workstation:

               C:\InetPub\wwwroot\<name of web>\_private\volcano.mdb

          Microsoft Personal Web Server for Windows 95:

               C:\WebShare\wwwroot\<name of web>\_private\volcano.mdb

    8. In the ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Setup, type Volcano for the Data Source Name,
        then click OK.

ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Setup

    9. In ODBC Data Source Administrator, click OK.

 

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