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Quote jgarner Replybullet Topic: Connection Troubleshooting
    Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 9:26am
I have two Win XP computers with CR X1 on both.
 
One computer has no trouble connecting to the data source and shows that it's using CR Oracle ODBC Driver 5.0 under the System DSN on the ODBC Data Source Administrator settings.
 
The other computer that won't connect shows the driver to be Microsoft ODBC for Oracle.
 
Where do I download the correct driver to change the Microsoft driver with the CR driver?
 
BTW, the data source is on servers in the same building.
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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 7:43am
There are 2 things that I think need to happen:
 
1.  Make sure that Oracle's ODBC driver was installed when the Oracle Client was installed on the computer.  If not, update the installation.
 
2.  Update your Crystal install.  I think XI only has generic ODBC drivers, but check to make sure.  Also be sure that the regular Oracle connector is installed.
 
Has the computer where this works had earlier versions of Crystal installed?  If so, that ODBC connector may be a relic from an earlier install.
 
You may want to consider changing your reports to use a native Oracle connection instead of ODBC.  ODBC tends to be slower than the native connection.
 
-Dell


Edited by hilfy - 29 Nov 2010 at 7:43am
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