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ODBC''s are gone!

  • December 24, 2004 at 9:21 pm

    #61506

    Hello,

    I have a strange problem that has come up. I noticed my ODBC wasn't working for Access and SQL server databases. They WERE a while back though. So I went through the control panel to view the drivers, and there are none listed. It's like something has removed them?

    I downloaded the SQL Server evaluation so I could start working with it, and it will not install due to this problem. If I try to install Access I get this error.

    Error 1919 Error configuring ODBC datasource ODBC error 6: component not found in the registry.

    I do have a registry cleaning program I run every now and then, so I restored the registry to its original state, rebooted numerous times. Still nothing works. This is really bugging me now. I'd appreciate any ideas you might have.

    Thanks,

    Will 

  • December 26, 2004 at 7:29 pm

    #534999

    What version of Windows are you running?  Depending on the version and Service Pack, you might trying installing MDAC 2.8.

  • December 26, 2004 at 7:47 pm

    #535000

    I got it figured out. If you have corel office suite on your machine, don't uninstall it!! lol   It removes two registry keys needed for odbc. Luckily I have a laptop with the same OS, grabbed two keys from it, installed them back on my main machine, all is fine now.

    Thanks,

    Will

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