Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Nov 19 16:30:50 CST 2003
On 19 Nov 2003 at 12:31, Mark Boyd wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to automate the process of setting up an ODBC
> driver to a SQL Server?
>
Here's the code I use (modify as necessary - watch for word wrap).
I don't claim any originality, I can't remember where I found this.
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function RegEnumKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" _
Alias "RegEnumKeyExA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, _
ByVal dwIndex As Long, _
ByVal lpName As String, _
lpcbName As Long, _
ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpClass As String, _
lpcbClass As Long, _
ByVal lpftLastWriteTime As String) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" _
Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, _
ByVal lpSubKey As String, _
ByVal ulOptions As Long, _
ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SQLConfigDataSource Lib "odbccp32.dll" _
(ByVal hwndParent As Long, _
ByVal fRequest As Integer, _
ByVal lpszDriver As String, _
ByVal lpszAttributes As String) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
(ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = &H20000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = &H20000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE = &H20000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL = &H1F0000
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Const KEY_READ = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or _
KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or _
KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or _
KEY_NOTIFY) And _
(Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Const REG_DWORD = 4
Const REG_BINARY = 3
Const REG_SZ = 1
Const ODBC_ADD_SYS_DSN = 4
'*********** Modify next lines as appropriate**************
Const DSN_name = "MotuKoitabu"
Const Server_name = "192.168.0.1" ' Raw IP address is used to avoid NT _
Domain name resolution probs.
Const Database_name = "MotuKoitabu"
Const Database_description = "Motu Koitabu Roll"
Function Check_SDSN()
' Look for our System Data Source Name. If we find it,then great!
' If not, then let's create one on the fly.
Dim lngKeyHandle As Long
Dim lngResult As Long
Dim lngCurIdx As Long
Dim strValue As String
Dim classValue As String
Dim timeValue As String
Dim lngValueLen As Long
Dim classlngValueLen As Long
Dim lngData As Long
Dim lngDataLen As Long
Dim strResult As String
Dim DSNfound As Long
Dim syscmdresult As Long
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, "Looking for System DSN " & DSN_name & " ...")
' Let's open the registry key that contains all of the
' System Data Source Names.
lngResult = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, _
"SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI", _
0&, _
KEY_READ, _
lngKeyHandle)
If lngResult <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "ERROR: Cannot open the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"Please make sure that ODBC and the SQL Server ODBC drivers have been installed." & vbCrLf & _
"Contact call your IT Section for more information."
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
Check_SDSN = -1
End If
' Now that the key is open, Let's look among all of
' the possible system data source names for the one
' we want.
lngCurIdx = 0
DSNfound = False
Do
lngValueLen = 512
classlngValueLen = 512
strValue = String(lngValueLen, 0)
classValue = String(classlngValueLen, 0)
timeValue = String(lngValueLen, 0)
lngDataLen = 512
lngResult = RegEnumKeyEx(lngKeyHandle, _
lngCurIdx, _
strValue, _
lngValueLen, _
0&, _
classValue, _
classlngValueLen, _
timeValue)
lngCurIdx = lngCurIdx + 1
If lngResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
' Is this our System Data Source Name?
If strValue = DSN_name Then
' It is! Let's assume everything is good and do nothing.
DSNfound = True
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
End If
End If
Loop While lngResult = ERROR_SUCCESS And Not DSNfound
Call RegCloseKey(lngKeyHandle)
If Not DSNfound Then
' Our System Data Source Name doesn't exist, so let's
' try to create it on the fly.
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, "Creating System DSN " & DSN_name & "...")
'*********** Deleted "Trusted_Connection = Yes" if using SQL Security
' not NT Security to control access
lngResult = SQLConfigDataSource(0, _
ODBC_ADD_SYS_DSN, _
"SQL Server", _
"DSN=" & DSN_name & Chr(0) & _
"Server=" & Server_name & Chr(0) & _
"Database=" & Database_name & Chr(0) & _
"UseProcForPrepare=Yes" & Chr(0) & _
"Trusted_Connection=Yes" & Chr$(0) & _
"Description=" & Database_description & Chr(0) & Chr(0))
If lngResult = False Then
MsgBox "ERROR: Could not create the System DSN " & DSN_name & "." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"Please make sure that the SQL Server ODBC drivers have been installed." & vbCrLf & _
"Contact IT Section for more information."
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
Check_SDSN = -1
End If
End If
syscmdresult = SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
Check_SDSN = 0
End Function
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