To set up a Microsoft Access data source using ODBC (Procedure)

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To set up a Microsoft Access data source using ODBC

  1. Click Start menu (Windows) Settings Control Panel.
  2. Double-click the ODBC icon.
  3. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box, do one of the following:
    • Choose the User DSN tab to create a data source that is visible only to you and can be used only on the computer you create it in.
    • Choose the System DSN tab to create a data source that is visible to all users who have access rights to the computer.
    • Choose the File DSN tab to create a data source that can be shared with other users who have the same ODBC drivers installed on their systems.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Select the Microsoft Access Driver, and then click Finish.
  6. Enter a name for your data source in Data Source Name.
  7. Click Select, and then locate and select the database that you want to configure. Click OK.
  8. In the ODBC Microsoft Access dialog box, click OK.
  9. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box, click OK.