vb.net data: Is there a way in a VB.NET 2003 program to get the ODBC Database Name and
Server name for a known DSN (DataSource Name)?

A registered DSN is simply a ConnectionString saved to the Registry or to a
file. I would look into the APIs to access the registry to pull out these
values.
The DSN is likely to have the database namd and server name imbedded
therein. I illustrated how to do this in this article (see page 2)
http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_3695251_1


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