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Topic: ODBC Error

Posted By: haz
Subject: ODBC Error
Date Posted: 15 August 2012 at 10:19pm

Can anyone help please, I am trying to set up the forum and am getting the error below, but not knowing anything about ODBC I don't know how to sort the problem, thank you

An Error Occurred Connecting to the Database

Error details:-
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 16 August 2012 at 9:32am

The error means that the Database driver is not installed on the server.

If you are using an Access database on a 64 bit version of Windows server you need to change the application pool to 32 bit mode in order to use Access.

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