Question

I am making a program in which I established connection with sql server using DSN. I am using ODBCConnection class. I want to check that, DSN which is created is for access or sql server. I did google but not getting helpful information. I am using c# and visual studio 2008.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are looking to have a list of System DSN then read registry subkeys.

 RegistryKey reg = Microsoft.Win32.Registry
                            .LocalMachine
                            .OpenSubKey("Software\\ODBC\\ODBC.INI\\ODBC Data Sources\\");
 foreach (string name in reg.GetValueNames())
 {      
   Console.WriteLine(name + " : " + reg.GetValue(name)); // name and driver description 
 }
 reg.Close();