How do I create an ODBC DSN entry using C#?

Question

I\'m working on a legacy application that has a C++ extended stored procedure. This xsproc uses ODBC to connect to the database, which means it requires a DSN to be config

Answer 1

There is a CodeProject page on reading ODBC information.

Reading that should give you the information you need to reverse engineer writing the registry entries you need.

From that code;

  private const string ODBC_LOC_IN_REGISTRY = "SOFTWARE\\ODBC\\";
  private const string ODBC_INI_LOC_IN_REGISTRY =
          ODBC_LOC_IN_REGISTRY + "ODBC.INI\\";

  private const string DSN_LOC_IN_REGISTRY =
          ODBC_INI_LOC_IN_REGISTRY + "ODBC Data Sources\\";

  private const string ODBCINST_INI_LOC_IN_REGISTRY =
          ODBC_LOC_IN_REGISTRY + "ODBCINST.INI\\";

  private const string ODBC_DRIVERS_LOC_IN_REGISTRY =
          ODBCINST_INI_LOC_IN_REGISTRY + "ODBC Drivers\\";