Can not connect to Oracle via VBA - Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr Failed

Question

I have created an ODBC connection for oracle using \"Microsoft ODBC for Oracle\" driver under user DSN. I can connect to oracle 10g using SQL developer but when i try to con

Answer 1

Known issue - see IBM support post. Solution - use the Oracle driver.

Also - connection strings are different between different database drivers. For example, a connection string for the Microsoft Oracle driver would look like

Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=myServerAddress;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;

while one for Oracle's own driver would be similar to

Driver={Oracle in OraHome92};Dbq=myTNSServiceName;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;

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