Microsoft KB Archive/247810

= PRB: Localization of ODBC Driver Causes Duplicate ODBC Driver Entries =

Article ID: 247810

Article Last Modified on 5/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Data Access Components 1.5
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.0
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.1
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7

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This article was previously published under Q247810



SYMPTOMS
In the ODBC Data Source Administrator, you see two versions of a Microsoft ODBC driver: a standard version and a localized version. An example of two versions of the Microsoft ODBC driver for Oracle, using the French localized version, is shown here:

Microsoft ODBC for Oracle

Microsoft ODBC pour Oracle



CAUSE
MDAC installs localized as well as non-localized versions of Microsoft ODBC drivers. Upon upgrading to a later version of MDAC, the localized entries remain in the system registry.



RESOLUTION
Avoid using the localized ODBC driver entries.



MORE INFORMATION
MDAC installs localized versions of Microsoft ODBC drivers for the following languages:

German

French

Spanish

Italian

Swedish

Dutch

Brazilian

Danish

Finnish

Czech

Russian

Attempting to connect using a localized driver in an ODBC connection string fails on a system that does not have the localized driver installed. However, every system that has MDAC installed has the non-localized drivers installed. For this reason, only the non-localized driver should be used in ODBC connection strings and for ODBC data sources. The non-localized driver has an English name, such as this:

Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle

Keywords: kbmdac250fix kbprb KB247810

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