Excel
ODBC
Standard:
"Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;"
OLE DB
Standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;" "HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data
OLE DB
Standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;" "HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data
Standard:
"Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;"
Standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;" "HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data
DBF / FoxPro
ODBC
standard:
"Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;"
OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password="
OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password="
standard:
"Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;"
standard:
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password="
Pervasive
ODBC
Standard:
"Driver={Pervasive ODBC Client Interface};ServerName=srvname;dbq=@dbname"
Standard:
"Driver={Pervasive ODBC Client Interface};ServerName=srvname;dbq=@dbname"
UDL
UDL
UDL:
"File Name=c:\myDataLink.udl;"
UDL:
"File Name=c:\myDataLink.udl;"
Oracle
ODBC
New version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;"
Old version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle};ConnectString=OracleServer.world;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;"
OLEDB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
Standard security:
"Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;" This one's from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle
Standard Security:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;"
Trusted Connection:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;"
OracleConnection (.NET)
Standard:
"Data Source=Oracle8i;Integrated Security=yes"; This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
Declare the OracleConnection:
C#:
using System.Data.OracleClient;
OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection();
oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring";
oOracleConn.Open();
VB.NET:
Imports System.Data.OracleClient
Dim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection()
oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring"
oOracleConn.Open()
