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What is shipped with PowerBuilder?

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What is shipped with PowerBuilder?

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PowerBuilder 5.0 shipped with ODBC Driver Manager 2.x components. PowerBuilder 6 and 7 shipped with ODBC Driver Manager 3.x components. You may have upgraded to ODBC 3.0 while still using PowerBuilder 5.0. This presents no problems because ODBC Driver Manager and ODBC drivers are backward compatible. For detailed information on ODBC 3.0, refer to Microsoft ODBC 3.0 Programmer’s Reference published by Microsoft Press. ODBC File Data Sources ODBC 3.0 supports file data sources (File DSN’s). This allows you to store connection information in a .dsn file as opposed to the registry. This provides a means of deploying and application connection information in a file, thus negating the need to create ODBC data sources on the target systems. It also allows the File DSN to be placed on the network and shared by more than one user. The ODBC drivers, however, must be installed. You can create File DSN’s from the ODBC Administrator. If you select the File DSN tab, you will see a list of File DSN’s