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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI

This section contains information about system data sources, which are available to all users of the system, as well as system services. The ODBC.INI key contains the following sub-keys and values:

Subkey

Value Name

Description

ODBC Data Sources

DSN

Each data source has an entry. Value Name is the data source name. Value Data is the driver name. For CA IDMS Server, this is CA IDMS.

DSN

 

Each data source has a sub-key whose name is the data source name.

 

Driver

Driver DLL name and path, copied from the ODBCINST.INI key.

 

Dictionary

DBNAME or segment name of the CA IDMS dictionary defined in the DBNAME table on the target CV. Value comes from the CA IDMS Server ODBC Administrator dialog Dictionary field. The default is the first eight characters of data source name.

 

Server

Server name that specifies how to connect to the CA IDMS system.

DefaultSchema

 

Optional default schema name.

Options

 

Advanced options, defined below.

Default

 

Default data source can contain the same values as other data source definitions.