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Asked: 2026-05-30T15:17:45+00:00

I’m currently trying to run a classic ASP application which I’ve been given source

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I’m currently trying to run a classic ASP application which I’ve been given source code for. I want to set up on my 64bit Windows 7 dev machine and am having trouble with an ODBC based data connection to a MySQL instance.

I’m seeing the error:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found 
and no default driver specified

/includes/<File Name>.asp, line 100

What I’ve tried:

  • The connection is DSN-less.
  • The application is running under IIS app pool with local system permissions. w3wp.exe can be seen running under NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM in process monitor.
  • The application is running under IIS app pool with 32 bit applications allowed to run.
  • Have tried with Connector/ODBC 5.1.10 64 bit version only installed from http://dev.mysql.com (At this point no driver was listed under C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe but was under C:\Windows\system32\odbcad32.exe)
  • Have tried with Connector/ODBC 5.1.10 32 bit version only installed from http://dev.mysql.com (At this point no driver was listed under C:\Windows\system32\odbcad32.exe but was under C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe)
  • Have tried with Connector/ODBC 5.1.10 32 bit and 64 bit versions installed.

  • Verified driver name is not misspelled. Along with other checks from here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306345.

    Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=DBName;User=root;Password=Password;Option=3

Additional Information:

I’m monitoring in process monitor, and the two results are:

PATH NOT FOUND (Looking for .asp/web.config which seems odd.
BUFFER OVERFLOW

Both entries show:

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Process:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcint.dll

I’m stumped can any one make a suggestion on how I get this running in the context I have described?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Solved the problem now. Recording here in case this of use to others.

    The issue was much simpler than it first appeared. The problem was that the application used a mixture of named and unnamed datasources (DSN / DSN-Less).

    It was not apparent to me that any named connections were used until I set up the application for debugging in Visual studio. Here is a rough guide to debugging the application in visual studio (Except I used HTTP based website, rather than file system):

    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28792/Debugging-Classic-ASP-VBScript-in-Visual-Studio-20

    Following creating the required DSN, there were some further exceptions being thrown regarding default values in database columns. This was due to a MySQL setting that can be changed in the my.ini file.

    http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=14306

    C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini

    # Set the SQL mode to strict
# sql-mode="STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"
sql-mode=""
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