ODBCDatabase.DataSources

Method

ODBCDatabase.DataSources() As RowSet

New in 2020r2

Supported for all project types and targets.

Returns a RowSet with a list of configured Data Source Names (DSN). Returns both User and System DSNs in a single RecordSet.

Notes

The instance of the ODBCDatabase does not have to be connected to a database in order to use this method.

The RowSet returned by DataSources has two columns. They are:

• Name: The data source name
• Description: The Name of the ODBC driver.

References

SQLDataSources ODBC function

Example

This code gets all the ODBC data source names and adds them to a ListBox:

DataSourceList.DeleteAllRows

Var db As New ODBCDatabase

Var rs As RowSet
rs = db.DataSources

If rs <> Nil Then
While Not rs.AfterLastRow
DataSourceList.AddRow(rs.Column("Name").StringValue, rs.Column("Description").StringValue)
rs.MoveToNextRow
Wend
rs.Close
End If