Connect to an Oracle 10g database with Microsoft ODBC for Oracle

Question

I\'m trying to connect to an Oracle 10g database using the built in Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver. I want to use an dnsless connection, so I grab my connection string fr

Answer 1

I'm not sure how kosher it is to answer your own question, but I found a connection string that is more what I'm looking for:

"Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle}; " & _
                                 "CONNECTSTRING=(DESCRIPTION=" & _
                                 "(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)" & _
                                 "(HOST=myserver)(PORT=1521))" & _
                                 "(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=servicename))); " & _
                                 "uid=username;pwd=password;