Question

Ok so I have an executable which launches my batch file and the batch file then should create an ODBC data source to my SQL server. If I run the batch file by itself it runs perfectly and creates the data source, but when I run it through my exe it runs, returns no errors but doesn’t create the data source.

my entire exe code is

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <dos.h>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;


int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{

cout << system("find2.bat");
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
 }

and my batch command is

ODBCCONF.exe CONFIGSYSDSN "SQL Server" "DSN=test_DSN | Description=test Data Source |      SERVER=(local) | Trusted_Connection=Yes" 

I also tried to output any errors from the batch file but it just created a blank text file so I guess no errors.
So does anybody have any ideas what could be causing this?

Answer 1

Are you sure the batch file is running? Since you’re not building an absolute path, I would guess it’s not being found.