Configuring the Existing Data Source
1. Launch Data Sources (ODBC).
The ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box appears.
2. Select the data source to configure, and then click Configure.
The CONNX Data Source Setup dialog box appears.
3. Type a data source name, a description, the name of the CONNX Data Dictionary where the data source or CDD is located, and the type of application to use. Complete the fields requiring the data source name and a description, and leave the other fields blank. Insert the required information when the application is run, or click the Browse button to confirm locations.
The Data Source Name is the name used to identify the data source to ODBC. This generally equates to a database. There are three types of data source names:
User data source name: A data source name only relevant to the current user.
Machine data source name: A data source name used only by the client computer.
File data source name (recommended): A separate file placed on a network and available to multiple clients.
Description is a required field.
Data Dictionary is the full UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path to the CDD definition.
A CONNX Application name is defined to specify the databases required for this data source if using CONNX to access multiple databases. This is an optional field.
4. Click OK.
The driver writes the values to the ODBC.INI file, and they become the default values that are displayed when connecting to the data source. The data source must be reconfigured to change these defaults.