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Can't connect to SQL Server via ODBC

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:35 pm
by Son Volt
I just installed PHP 5.1.4 with SQL Server 2005 on my laptop. PHP is running fine and so is SQL Server 2005. When I try to connect to SQL Server from my my PHP code I get this error.

Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\index.php on line 5

Here's my connection string that is causing the error

$connect_id = odbc_connect("Driver={SQL Server};Server=mydbname;Database=myDB","myUser", "myPass");


Any idea what's wrong? This is driving me nutts.. I installed PHP on my computer at home and had no problem connecting to SQL Server. It's like this laptop is cursed.

thanks,

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:00 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Is SQL Server running? Can you connect to it through Enterprise Manager or some other DB Utility?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:17 pm
by Son Volt
Everah wrote:Is SQL Server running? Can you connect to it through Enterprise Manager or some other DB Utility?

Yes... SQL Server is running and I can connect via the client tools.

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:09 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I googled your error message and found this thread at the top of the list.