ODBC data sources not showing up in datasource selection list

when I go to change datasources for a report, newly created ODBC connections do not show up. I noticed they are all in the odbc.ini file and listed under ODBC in the machine directory/software folder in the registry but not under the current user/software/odbc registry folder. Where does Business Objects/Crystal reports cache this information?

OK, then how do I set up a connection pool for a SQL Server database? At some point, I have to configure a connection pool. In the Call Interface dropdown, isn't ODBC the proper choice? Then, in the Data Source name dropdown, I should get some entries, right?

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Excel-2007 cannot connect to Oracle ODBC data source, Control Panel can.


I cannot make an ODBC connection from Exce-2007 to Oracle work. I am an expert Excel and VBA user (since 1994) and I have frequently used Excel to access ODBC databases, including Oracle (I have done this with Excel-2003 both with worksheet queries and have written VBA ADO-connection routines). And even though in Excel-2007 a worksheet ODBC query is supposed to be easier to create than in previous version of Excel, my connection fails. Any suggestions and all help are welcome and much appreciated.
DETAILS


1) What is my system? I am using Excel-2007 on Windows Vista x64 and Oracle server v.11g on my computer (all this is on my computer, no network issues).
2) Why use Excel with Oracle at all? I use Excel-2007 to access Oracle rather than Access-2007 (or any other application like TOAD, etc.) because I do engineering calculations with the data stored in Oracle. These calculations are easier done in Excel (I suppose that one alternative to this could be to use some sql or Access to get the data from the database, then store it as plain vanilla CSV file, then open this file in Excel, then do the math (the math involves complex optimisation algorithms), then save the results as CSV, then use some sql or Access to put the data back into the database. Howwever this does not strike me as a quick or neat solution. And after all Excel has been designed to access ODBC databases, so why not use it?)
3) What do I do in Excel-2007 that won't work? I create an ODBC link to Oracle that does not work. In Excel-2007 this is straightforward:

<ul>
<li>define an ODBC connection (Data tab --> From other sources --> From data connection wizard);</li>
<li>define a query on the worksheet -- that's it, this is all!</li>
</ul>

I start with creating an ODBC connection:
a) I choose an ODBC data source type: ODBC DSN
b) Excel-2007 displays the list of the available ODBC data sources. I see in it my Oracle database name and I select it.
c) Excel-2007 displays the Data Link Properties:
- the "Provider" has a list of the OLE DB drivers with preselected "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers". I keep this default selection.
- the "Connection" tab has a connection string "DSN=<my database name>" which I keep, it also has fields for the user name and the password, which I fill with the correct credentials.
- Finally there is a button "Test Connection", which when I click produces the following error message:
"Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. 
Unespecified error"

4) Additional food for thought:
a) In the above walk-through the only data, which I type, are the user name and password, everything else is selected from lists offered by Excel-2007, hence any possibility of typos being the cause of the problem can safely be discarded.
b) I can test the ODBC driver in the Control Panel and it shows that it can connect to the Oracle database:
- in Control Panel --> Admin Tools --> Data Sources (ODBC) on the "User DSN" tab I can see the list of the available ODBC data sources (same list as in Excel-2007, point 3b above) with the name of my database in it;
- selecting the name of my database from the list of the sources and clicking "Configure" button opens a tab with Data Source Name (same as in Excel-2007), TNS Service Name and User ID. I enter <user name>/<password> and click "Test Connection" button. A message "Connection successful" appears (just for a test I enter incorrect user credentials and "Unable to connect" message appears)
BOTTOM LINE


The procedure for using an ODBC connection from Excel is very simple, in the past I have created and used such connections numerous times with Excel-2003 and earlier on Win-XP and earlier. But now on Excel-2007 and Vista-x64 I cannot make it work.
Also, testing an ODBC connection driver is really easy and simple to be done in the Control Panel. There testing the same ODBC connection, which fails in Excel-2007, results in success.
I am frustrated by the simplicity of the problem and yet the persistant error. I have lost now two full days in failed attempts to make the simple procedure work and in searching the internet for answers.
All help is highly appreciated <img class="emoticon" src="images/emoticons/happy.gif" border="0" alt="" width="16" height="16" />,
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Did you find the solution to your problem?
If not, I think I may know.
Excel 2007 is a 32-bit application.
When installing 32-bit applications in a 64-bit environment, the "default" location is:
C:\Program files (x86)\...
Excel then launches from this location.
However, when it connects to Oracle and passes the name of the calling program, Oracle attempts to "interpret" the value of (x86) as if
the value within the parenthesis are being passed as a reference. Of course, iOracle doesn't find anything, so the result is (),
and then it cannot return the connection info back to the calling application.
I corrected it by installing Excel in C:\Program Files\, and once launched from that location, it works the same as on the 32-bit machines.
However, at my location, they are FORCING Excel to be installed in the(x86) location.
What I'm trying to discover now is:
Is it possible to flag Oracle to NOT process the embedded variables?
Or, is it possible to assign a variable in Oracle such that x86 = "(x86)", so that the end result is viable?
Have you had any luck with your installation?
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Using Excel & ODBC data source to get data

I've been using MS Excel to extract MS SQL Server data from our ERP system for years but we are now moving to Oracle 12i. What are my options in the Oracle world? Can it be configured much the same way; that is by configuring an ODBC data source and connecting directly to the database???
Thanks in advance.

user11307988 wrote:
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Problem description
I recently installed Oracle 10g on my laptop computer, which is running Windows 7. Everything went smoothly except for one crucial item: The ODBC data source I added keeps returning this error when I click the "Test Connection" button:
Testing Connection
Unable to connect
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed.
I was using the following ODBC driver
Oracle in OraDb10g_home1 (TNS Service Name = ORCL and User ID = scott)
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WinSQL Oracle Wire Protocol
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OracleMTSRecoveryService
OracleOraDb10g_home1iSQL*Plus
OracleOraDb10g_home1TNSListener
OracleServiceORCL
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If requested, I can provide the contents of these files
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ODAC (ADO data provider for Oracle)
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.NET 4
Visual Studio 2010
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2) Configure driver: http://yfrog.com/ccoracleodbcfororaclep
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C:\Users\Bruce>sqlplus
SP2-1503: Unable to initialize Oracle call interface
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ODBC Data Source Won't Recover from Connection Errors

I have several ODBC data sources to a mainframe and want to
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Any constructive, tactful input for addressing this problem
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spikehenning wrote:
> I have several ODBC data sources to a mainframe and want
to use the "Maintain
> Connections" setting as it dramatically improves
performance under heavy load.
> Problem is that we frequently have path problems between
the CF server and the
> mainframe 180 miles away. With the Maintain Connections
checked, the data
> source doesn't consistently start working again after
the path problem clears
> up. The path problem usually only lasts a minute or two,
but SOME queries
> through the affected data sources continue to raise
errors until the ODBC
> Service is cycled. The SOME aspect is really weird
because not every hit
> through that data source reports an error after the path
comes back up. I've
> had side-by-side users hit the same page using that DS
and one consistently
> get's an error and the other works fine. Restarting the
ODBC service clears the
> problem so it works fine for everybody. Of course that
breaks all the
> connections that were still working so I just affected a
bunch more users.
> Silver lining there is that at least nobody can claim
preferential treatment
> right. It's also kind of bizzare that I can use the CF
Administrator to verify
> all data sources and they usually all report that they
are working fine even
> while some connections are still reporting problems.
>
> The specific ODBC drivers we are using are Neon Shadow
Drivers (Multi
> Threaded). I'm thinking about using the Admin API to hit
the Disable
> Connections and then re-enable it.
Do you have a JDBC Type 4 alternative for these drivers? I
got rid of
all my datasource problems long ago when I got rid of ODBC
altogether.
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List odbc data-source names

hello,
i would like to show (System.out.println) all odbc data-source names,
which are installed on the machine. whats a common way?
can somebody help me please? thanks!
regards.

Sorry there is no such mehtods or classes in java
for doing this activity
one thing u can do is this
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but i think that we we manually created a datasource by click odbc tab and then adding a datasource assosiating a mdb file to it
then in wondows surely some where it must have registerd
say for example there must be a datasource .ini file
now if this is true then u can do one thing
.ini file is similar to a text file
u can read this file thru FileReader class
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if u satisfied with my answer i am waiting for my dukes
bye

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