ODBC SOURCE

Question

hi,
is-it possible to get the list of the ODBC sources in a JAVA application (on W2000) ?

Answer 1

This is a work around, try this
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class OdbcList {
     private ArrayList list;
     private RandomAccessFile file;
     public OdbcList() {
          try {
               file = new RandomAccessFile("C:/winnt/odbc.ini","r");
               list = new ArrayList();
          } catch(Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          OdbcList dsList = new OdbcList();
          ArrayList list = dsList.getOdbcList();
          for(int count=0;count<list.size();count++)
          System.out.println(list.get(count));
     public ArrayList getOdbcList() {
          try {
               String line=file.readLine();
               while((line=file.readLine()) != null) {
                    if(line.startsWith("[")) list.add(line.substring(1,line.length()-1));
               file.close();
          } catch(Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          return list;
}You need to specify the path to your odbc.ini thats all. Rest of the code will work for you.
Hope this helps you.
Sudha