{ FileDataSourceName | FILEDSN }=file-data-source-name

Anywhere

There is no default name.

File data sources hold the same information as ODBC data sources stored in the registry. File data sources can be easily distributed to end users so that connection information does not have to be reconstructed on each computer.

Both ODBC and embedded SQL applications can use file data sources.

• Using file data sources on Windows
• DataSourceName (DSN) connection parameter
• Using connection parameters
• Using file data sources on Windows