Subject Re: [firebird-support] Error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Datasource name not found...
Author Sam Hunt
Jason Dodson wrote:

> Am I missing something? It seems pretty obvious to me that the
> datasource AUCT-TR_AT is not defined on the client machine.
>
> Jason
>
From Sam Hunt:
I was following advice/instructions in an email from Adam
<s3057043@...>, dated 7/22/2005 5:05 PM, in response to the post
"ODBC setup setting up a server properly..., in which he described
setting up the aliases.conf and firebird.conf files and stated:
"Why do your client machines need to know where abouts on the server
the database is located. What if in the future that drive runs out of
space or you decide to change the server to a different OS or
something? You would need to adjust the connection string"

After reading Adam's email and reviewing what I have read about the
firebird.conf and aliases.conf files in Helen's book, it was my
understanding that these files freed clients from having to define a dsn
(to a database defined in aliases.conf file and a dsn on the server.)

I am open to any advice that will help me get this app running across a
network with dynamically assigned IP addresses for the clients.

BTW, I DID defined a dsn on the client and the app returned the same error.

Regards,
Sam Hunt