On Dec 13, 1:15 pm, r...@xxxxxx ("Raymond O'Donnell") wrote: > On 13/12/2010 18:46, ray wrote: > > > I do not know if I should leave the {PostgreSQL} as is or should it be > > replaced with something. > > For Server, the connection is on the same machine so I would think the > > value should be localhost (without quotes). > > Yes, that's right. > > > For Database, I don t know if this should be the name of a database > > inside of my pgsql server or something else. > > Yes, it's the specific database to which you want to connect. > > > When I run: > > Driver={PostgreSQL};Server=localhost;Port=5432;Database=myDataBase;Uid=user101;Pwd=pw101; > > I get a message window that says [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] > > Data source name not found and no default driver specified . > > What you're doing above is creating a DSN-less connection. I haven't > done it that way, but have had no problems when creating a DSN first. Go > to Administrative Tools -> Data sources (ODBC) and create a data source > for the database. You can then use a connection string something like this: > > dsn=yourDsnName;uid=myUsername;pwd=myPassword; > > HTH, > > Ray. > > -- > Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland > r...@xxxxxx > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-gene...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription:http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general Ray, Thank you for responding. OK, that was my first trip into DSN setup and I got lost: The first step is to choose and existing MS driver for an Office app or 'Add' one from this 'User DSN' tab. The other tabs are: System dSN, File DSN, Drivers, Tracing, and Connection Pooling. I did not see a pgsql listed in any - what is the next step (or two)? ray -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general