| title | ODBC Data Sources subkey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| description | ODBC Data Sources subkey | |||
| author | David-Engel | |||
| ms.author | davidengel | |||
| ms.date | 09/23/2019 | |||
| ms.service | sql | |||
| ms.subservice | connectivity | |||
| ms.topic | concept-article | |||
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The values under the ODBC Data Sources subkey list the data sources. The format of these values is shown in the following table.
| Name | Data type | Data |
|---|---|---|
| data-source-name | REG_SZ | driver-description |
The data-source-name value is defined by the administration program (which usually prompts the user for it), and driver-description is defined by the driver developer (it is usually the name of the DBMS associated with the driver).
For example, suppose three data sources have been defined: Inventory, which uses SQL Server; Payroll, which uses dBASE; and Personnel, which uses formatted text files. The values under the ODBC Data Sources subkey might be as follows:
Inventory : REG_SZ : SQL Server
Payroll : REG_SZ : dBASE
Personnel : REG_SZ : Text