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Can you use ODBC to connect to any database? --Like can I use ODBC to connect to and write to MySQL, SQL, Oracle databases without using a specific driver??
There are a number of articles on DSN-Less Connections, if you do a Google Search. However, they still use a driver (DLL File) to make the connection. Think of it this way, when you go up to meet someone for the first time.. What do you do? You give them a handshake. Think of an ODBC driver/connection as the handshake. If there is no handshake, there is no connection. Like Howard and Jens said, you will need to connect in. There are drivers can come from Microsoft for Oracle, but generally are better from Oracle themself. MySQL had their own driver and Microsoft does not have a MySQL Drivere.
HTH,
Kent
