[Tutor] ODBC problem

[ali]

> >i came accross the same problem before...
> >try using the old way of making connection strings...
> >
> >odbc.odbc("dsn/user/password")
>
> But doesn't that require that I create a Data Source? I'm trying to avoid
> that extra step.

yes it does, unfortunately... and i actually stopped using it because i
cannot make it work with regular odbc connection strings.

have you tried mxodbc? since odbc is only dbapi 1 compliant and no one is
practically developing it anymore, i think mxodbc is a better choice... it
is commercial though...