Article ID: 247810
Article Last Modified on 5/8/2003
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
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:
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
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