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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The connection string option does not work. A defect internal to
Autodesk has already been logged regarding this. As well when using the instant
client your Driver name must change to reflect the instant client you are using
&#8220;Oracle in instantclient10_2&#8221; would be the correct name, however even with that
change it still doesn&#8217;t work. Resolution of the TNSNAMES is not likely the
issue based on testing we have done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The only option that works is to create a DSN wherever your
server is installed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rahul<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 29, 2008 4:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> MapGuide Users Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [mapguide-users] Connection Problem-ORACLE ODBC Driver(configure
odbc connection)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
I am using <strong>MGOS 1.2 and Map Guide Studio2008</strong>, I am trying to
connect to <strong>Oracle Database 10.1.0 </strong>and i installed <strong>Oracle
instant client-10.2.0.2</strong> on my machine i.e. MapGuide Server, I also
succesully installed <strong>oracle odbc driver-win32 10.2.0.3</strong> in
order to configure ODBC connection using Oracle(Oracle Driver) in the MapGuide
Studio.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I also set the PATH variable to oracle instant client
directory as well as also defined&nbsp;ORACLE_HOME and TNS_ADMIN as system
variable.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I tried the connection string in th studio as follows -<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><strong>Driver={Oracle ODBC Driver};Dbq=Database
Name;Uid=xxx;Pwd=yyyy;</strong><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I also tried to use the another connection setting if it
unable to get the values from tnsnames.ora hence i tried <o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><strong>Driver={Oracle ODBC Driver};Dbq=10.X.X.X:1521/abcd;Uid=xxx;Pwd=yyyy;</strong><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><br>
but i unable to connect to oracle and getting the FDO Error-An Exception
Occured in FDO component.RDBMS:No Current open Database but the same database i
can connect using the Fdo2Fdo Tools,Any kind of help will be really helpfull
for me.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Thks<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Max !!<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Never miss a thing. <a
href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http:/www.yahoo.com/r/hs">Make Yahoo
your homepage.</a> <o:p></o:p></p>

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