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Data source not found error occurs when making an ODBC connection to a database

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TitleData source not found error occurs when making an ODBC connection to a database
URL NameData-source-not-found-error-occurs-when-making-an-ODBC-connection-to-a-database
Article Number000125004
EnvironmentProduct: Connect for ODBC and Progress DataDirect for ODBC (All ODBC drivers)
Version: All supported versions
OS: Unix & Linux
Database: All supported databases
Application: All supported applications
Question/Problem Description
Data source name not found error occurs when making an ODBC connection to a database.
Steps to Reproduce
Clarifying Information
Error Message[unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified.
Defect Number
Enhancement Number
Cause
There are multiple odbc.ini files located on the machine. The driver environment is not set correctly so the wrong the odbc.ini file was found which did not contain the data source specified at connect time.
Resolution
Run one of the following product setup scripts from the installation directory to set variables: odbc.sh or odbc.csh. For Korn, Bourne, and equivalent shells, execute odbc.sh. For a C shell, execute odbc.csh.

After running the setup script, execute:
env
to verify that the installation_directory/lib directory has been added to your shared library path.

For additional inforation refer to the Progress DataDirect driver documentation, "Environment Configuration"
Workaround
Notes
References to other documentation:
DataDirect Driver Documentation, https://www.progress.com/documentation/datadirect-connectors
Last Modified Date7/23/2019 2:58 PM
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