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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What I am trying to do:</b> Add a vector layer from an remote Oracle database.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried to add a vector layer using ODBC connectivity to an Oracle database on QGIS 2.8.2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Add vector Layer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Choose Database<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Type ODBC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Click New<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I filled the form as:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Type ODBC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Name: myODBCConnection<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Host: ssfdata<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Database: CAAR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Port: 1521<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Username: USER<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Password: PASS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I clicked Test Connection I got: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Connection failed – Check settings and try again<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Extended error information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Unable to initialize ODBC connection to DSN for USER/PASS@CAAR,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">[unixODBC][Driver Manager] Datasource name not found, and no default driver specified<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I opened a terminal window and I typed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Isql –v caarODBC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was able to connect to my database <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+------------------------+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">| Connected |<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">| |<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">| sql –statement |<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">| help [tablename] |<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">| quit |<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+------------------------+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SQL><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So the unixODBC driver works for the database but QGIS is not able to access via ODBC.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is any special settings related qgis to make ODBC working?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<br>
marian<o:p></o:p></p>
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