connection string for ado on a dsn

hi all, i have tried for an hour now to build an ado connection to open access database thru a n ODBC DSN.

I have created the dsn from the control panel, it's name is reports

now it doesn;t connect although if i used the location of the file directly , it works fine.

i need the right connectionstring for DSN source including a password.


by the way , i have checked www.connectionstrings.com , but the only thing for dsn is for VB6 conections.


PLz help in this issue

THX in advance

BST RGDS

DSN

Code:

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oConn.Open "DSN=mySystemDSN;" & _
          "Uid=myUsername;" & _
          "Pwd=myPassword"

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File DSN

Code:

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oConn.Open "FILEDSN=c:\somepath\mydb.dsn;" & _
          "Uid=myUsername;" & _
          "Pwd=myPassword"

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thx for your reply.


please note:

1 - i tried your connection string, but it raised an exception " provider is required to connect".

2 - i am using an oledbconnection , is there a problem in that????



thx in advance for your time

BST RGDs

I am having a similar problem but I am trying to connect to an AS/400 through ODBC with .Net. I can connect using vb 6.0 but I need it to run as a service.

The thing that jumps out to me for you is you stat you are using an ODBC connection but the oledb provider. Have you tried the odbc provider for .net? I would start there for your odbc connection.

Jerel