From the course: AutoCAD Map 3D 2022 Essential Training
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Connecting to ODBC points - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD Map 3D 2022 Essential Training
Connecting to ODBC points
- [Instructor] Microsoft ODBC, or Open Database Connectivity, is a connection to most databases found on the Windows operating system. Connecting to a database with ODBC enables AutoCAD Map 3D to use that database to pull the X and Y values that generate points on the map. To create an ODBC connection to your database, you can go to the Windows search bar and type ODBC. We want to open ODBC data sources 64-bit in this case. So let's click on open, and we've got the empty dialog box that says "ODBC Data Source Administrator". There should be no user DSN values in here right now unless you've previously set them up. Under User DSN, that's where we're going to work. These are those data source names, that's what DSN stands for, these source names that are connected just for your username when you're logged into this computer. If you have rights, you can set up a system DSN, so everyone on this computer can see them. As…
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