HOWTO: Retrieving a List of All ODBC Data Sources
ID: Q119064
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The information in this article applies to:
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The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
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Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.5, 1.51, 1.52
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Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0
SUMMARY
The Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API contains a function called
SQLDataSources() which can be used to retrieve information about data
sources which are available to an application. Below is a sample function
which fills a CStringList with the names of all available ODBC data
sources.
Sample Code
#include "odbcinst.h"
// NOTE: in 16-bit Visual C++ link with odbcinst.lib
// in 32-bit Visual C++ 2.x link with odbccp32.lib
// in 32-bit Visual C++ 4.x no need to change link options
#define MAX_DSN_LENGTH 30
#define MAX_DSN_DESC_LENGTH 300
BOOL GetODBCDataSourceNames(CStringList * pList)
{
HENV hEnv;
char szDSN[MAX_DSN_LENGTH];
SWORD cbDSN;
UCHAR szDescription[MAX_DSN_DESC_LENGTH];
SWORD cbDescription;
RETCODE retcode;
ASSERT(pList->IsEmpty());
if (SQLAllocEnv(&hEnv)!=SQL_SUCCESS)
return FALSE;
while (retcode=SQLDataSources(hEnv, SQL_FETCH_NEXT,
(UCHAR FAR *) &szDSN, MAX_DSN_LENGTH, &cbDSN,
(UCHAR FAR *) &szDescription,MAX_DSN_DESC_LENGTH,
&cbDescription) != SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND
&&retcode!=SQL_ERROR)
{
pList->AddTail(szDSN);
}
SQLFreeEnv(hEnv);
if (retcode==SQL_ERROR)
return FALSE;
return TRUE;
}
Additional query words:
kbvc200 kbvc210 kbvc220 kbvc400 kbvc500 kbvc600
Keywords : kbcode kbprg kbDatabase kbMFC kbODBC kbVC
Version : 1.5 1.51 1.52 2.0 2.1 2.2 4.0 5.0 6.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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