Vista - HELP- Desperate for ODBC Drivers

07-18-2008

I am desperate to find an exact recipe returning ODBC functionality to
my new Vista 64 computer. I have hundreds of data management scripts
all using ODBC to grab data from Access, Excel, and Oracle files for
analysis in Stata or SAS. But in Vista 64, I only see a driver for SQL.
I was using XP x64 in my old computer, and I had a list of drivers a
yard long that included all my data sources in several languages.

I need simple explicit directions to some file I can download from
Microsoft that will install all the needed ODBC drivers and get my data
connections back. On forums like this, I see bits and pieces of an
answer, but mostly a lot of anger over this issue.

If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks.

T

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Turgidson
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07-18-2008

Turgidson wrote:

Quote:

> I am desperate to find an exact recipe returning ODBC functionality to
> my new Vista 64 computer. I have hundreds of data management scripts
> all using ODBC to grab data from Access, Excel, and Oracle files for
> analysis in Stata or SAS. But in Vista 64, I only see a driver for SQL.
> I was using XP x64 in my old computer, and I had a list of drivers a
> yard long that included all my data sources in several languages.
>
> I need simple explicit directions to some file I can download from
> Microsoft that will install all the needed ODBC drivers and get my data
> connections back. On forums like this, I see bits and pieces of an
> answer, but mostly a lot of anger over this issue.

>
> If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks.
>
> T
>
>

I found this message on one of the MS forums check the 5th message in
the thread. I have no idea if it will work just found it with google.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...35128&SiteID=1

gls858

07-18-2008

In article <Turgidson.3cqwkm@xxxxxx>,
Turgidson <Turgidson.3cqwkm@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>
>If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks.

For Oracle you'll need patch #5699495 . You'll need a valid
Oracle support contract ("support identifier") since AFAIK it's only
available from metalink.

07-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
Turgidson n/a posts	HELP- Desperate for ODBC Drivers I am desperate to find an exact recipe returning ODBC functionality to my new Vista 64 computer. I have hundreds of data management scripts all using ODBC to grab data from Access, Excel, and Oracle files for analysis in Stata or SAS. But in Vista 64, I only see a driver for SQL. I was using XP x64 in my old computer, and I had a list of drivers a yard long that included all my data sources in several languages. I need simple explicit directions to some file I can download from Microsoft that will install all the needed ODBC drivers and get my data connections back. On forums like this, I see bits and pieces of an answer, but mostly a lot of anger over this issue. If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks. T -- Turgidson Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway
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07-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
gls858 n/a posts	Re: HELP- Desperate for ODBC Drivers Turgidson wrote: Quote: > I am desperate to find an exact recipe returning ODBC functionality to > my new Vista 64 computer. I have hundreds of data management scripts > all using ODBC to grab data from Access, Excel, and Oracle files for > analysis in Stata or SAS. But in Vista 64, I only see a driver for SQL. > I was using XP x64 in my old computer, and I had a list of drivers a > yard long that included all my data sources in several languages. > > I need simple explicit directions to some file I can download from > Microsoft that will install all the needed ODBC drivers and get my data > connections back. On forums like this, I see bits and pieces of an > answer, but mostly a lot of anger over this issue. > > If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks. > > T > > I found this message on one of the MS forums check the 5th message in the thread. I have no idea if it will work just found it with google. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...35128&SiteID=1 gls858
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07-18-2008	#3 (permalink)
the wharf rat n/a posts	Re: HELP- Desperate for ODBC Drivers In article <Turgidson.3cqwkm@xxxxxx>, Turgidson <Turgidson.3cqwkm@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >If anyone has solved this problem, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks. For Oracle you'll need patch #5699495 . You'll need a valid Oracle support contract ("support identifier") since AFAIK it's only available from metalink.
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