ODBC Connection Error
Hi when I build the connection string and test it is successful.
When I test in the database lookup it is successful and returns a result
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When I run the automation the lookup fails with this error: Failed to open database using connection: provider=ODBC;Dsn=TM_REPORTING_00001;User Id=;Password=**; ERROR [IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
- SStephen Parker @stephenparker
Check that the odbc dsn is a system dsn - not a user dsn. The message processor service will not have access to a user dsn unless the service is configured to run under that users account. Testing the connection using the Studio will work with a user dsn because the Studio is running under the logged in user context whereas the message processor service runs under the SYSTEM account by default.
Thanks
- RIn reply tomatty⬆:@readar
Hi Matt, I see you're a fellow truckmate user. I could never get the ODBC connector or the DB2 connector to work in ThinkAuto with any of the built in functions. Any tips?
Hi @readar, Yes!
With version 5 it was a bit tougher to get it to work as it wouldn't accept my connection strings from v4.
So far I haven't been able to get the DB2 Connector working but I was successful with ODBC. As soon as I set up the ODBC under system DSN and ensured it was available as 64 bit it worked. I had to use the connection string builder in TA.
Alright, thanks for the info. I played around a little more and got the ODBC connector to work. I needed to pre-populate the username on the Windows ODBC connector, the ThinkAuto connection string builder didn't seem to pass through the username for some reason.
