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Whats the difference between a File DSN, System DSN, and User DSN?

April 26, 2017DSN file system user

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Whats the difference between a File DSN, System DSN, and User DSN?

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System DSN’s and User DSN’s differ only in who can access them on the system. A File DSN, however, is not really a datasource. It is a file that contains all the connection parameters used to connect directly to an ODBC driver.