Remove Locked System DSN

[BrianA]

I need to remove a reference to a Data Source System DSN.
The reference was to an Oracle driver that was
uninstalled, but used by over 100 reports. When trying to
delete or configure, I receive an error that the registry
entry is no longer valid.

The 8i driver was uninstalled to install a 9i driver.

If the DSN can not be removed all of the the reports will
need to be remapped to each table in the Oracle database.

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You may be able to delete the Reg_Sz string value from;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources

and also the subkey with the same name for the DSN found at;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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:
| I need to remove a reference to a Data Source System DSN.
| The reference was to an Oracle driver that was
| uninstalled, but used by over 100 reports. When trying to
| delete or configure, I receive an error that the registry
| entry is no longer valid.
|
| The 8i driver was uninstalled to install a 9i driver.
|
| If the DSN can not be removed all of the the reports will
| need to be remapped to each table in the Oracle database.
|
| Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I will give this a try.