Connection string (DB Tools Open Connection)

All,
I have been unable to pass a connection string to the "DB Tools Open Connection" function.
The only way I've been able to get it to work is by passing in a FILE.DSN.  This method requires the creation of a DSN using the ODBC config tool.
In .NET I can pass all my connection objects just a complete connection string and never touch the ODBC config tool. 
Has anyone been able to do this with just a connection string?  I have not seen any examples on how to do this.  It seems like LabView requires a DSN in order to access a database.
Thanks! 

dave_helmut wrote:
I suspect they use the same driver (installed on the OS), and the .NET environment is just more forgiving.
That would not be a correct assumption. You typically specify which driver to use. In .NET I believe the default is to use the .NET Framework Data Provider, and the connectionstrings.com page shows that with that you can use the alternative syntax which looks like this:
Standard Security alternative syntax
This connection string produce the same result as the previous one. The
reason to include it is to point out that some connection string
keywords have many equivalents.
Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Trusted_Connection=False;
LabVIEW would (obviously) not use the same driver.  By specifying Driver="{SQL Native Client}" you are indicating to use the Native Client ODBC Driver.

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