Am I missing something? It seems pretty obvious to me that the
datasource AUCT-TR_AT is not defined on the client machine.

Jason

delphigurusam wrote:

> WinXP Pro, SS, Delphi7 Ent/ADO
> FB1.5.2 server installed on computer named NSTI-2
> FB client installed (using same CD) on computer named NSTI-5
>
> NSTI-2 FB file settings:
> FIREBIRD.CONF
> DatabaseAccess = None
>
> ALIASES.CONF
> AUCT-TR_AT=C:\Program Files\AUCT-TR\AuctionTracker.fdb
>
> MS ODBC MANAGER DSN Definition:
> Database: NSTI-2:AUCT-TR_AT
> On Server NSTI-2, MS ODBC MANAGER reports successful connection when
> creating this DSN.
>
> The server, NSTI-2 runs an app that uses this database from its "D"
> drive (not mapped) just fine.
> The client, NSTI-5 can successfully ping the server NSTI-2 and
> successfully TELNET NSTI-2 3050, but gets the following error on the
> "dm.AuctionTracker.open" statement when it attempts to execute the
> same EXE.
>
> Error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Datasource name not found and
> no default driver specified
>
> ... APP CODE SNIPPET ...............................
> dm:=Tdm.create(application);
> dm.AuctionTracker.ConnectionString:='Provider=MSDASQL.1;Password=nologin;Persist
> Security Info=True;User ID=nologin;Data Source=AUCT-TR_AT;Extended
> Properties="DSN=AUCT-TR_AT;Driver=Firebird/InterBase(r)
> driver;Dbname=NSTI-2:AUCT-TR_AT;CHARSET=NONE;UID=nologin"';
>
> if not (dm.AuctionTracker.Connected) then
> dm.AuctionTracker.open;
> ......................................................................
> How is this possible to receive this msg when I have fully specified
> the connection string at runtime?
> Sam Hunt
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