Subj: Connect Oracle 10g using ODBC on Linux platform I found message when I connect to ORACLE through my Explorer. Here: Warning: odbc_connect(): SQL error: [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in /srv/www/htdocs/sdc/ora_test.php on line 8 my PHP script: <?php $conn=odbc_connect ("dbx","userx","passwdx"); echo $conn; ?> Server: SLES 9 Linux king 2.6.5-7.191-bigsmp #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 14:58:56 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Oracle: SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu May 4 11:24:18 2006 PHP: PHP 4.3.4 (cli) (built: Jul 1 2004 16:44:46)/Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group/Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies ODBC: ODBC Support enabled Can you tell me why ? -- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (TH Aachen) Communications/Network and Systems Engineer IBM AIX System Specialist/CCNP/CCSP