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Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0
Type: OLE DB Provider
Usage: Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
Usage: Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Standard
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\myDb;Extended Properties=Paradox 5.x;
Please note that you should only specify the folder where the database resides. Not the database name itself.
Microsoft Paradox Driver
Type: ODBC Driver
Usage: Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )}
Usage: Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )}
Manufacturer: Microsoft
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5.X
Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\;CollatingSequence=ASCII;
7.X
Provider=MSDASQL;Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Read;Extended Properties='DSN=Paradox;DBQ=C:\myDb;DefaultDir=C:\myDb;DriverId=538;FIL=Paradox 7.X;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=600;';Initial Catalog=C:\myDb;
Please note that this one only supports read operations.
Intersolv 3.11 ODBC Driver
Type: ODBC Driver
Usage: DSN=myDSN
Usage: DSN=myDSN
Manufacturer: DataDirect Technologies
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7.X
DataDirect provides this Paradox 7.x table format driver with read-write capability. Note that Paradox tables remain frozen at table format 7.x, That means that software mentioning Paradox 8, 9, 10 tables are really always referencing format 7.x.
DSN=MyDSN;AUT=1;CT=7;DQ=0;FOC=0;IS=1;PW=myPassword;USF=1;ULQ=1;
Not all parameters are required, most of them can be set at the DSN system config.
Parameters definition
AUT - ApplicationUsingThreads
CT - CreateType
DB - Database
DSN - DataSourceName
DQ - DeferQueryEvaluation
FOC - FileOpenCache
IS - IntlSort
ND - NetDir
PW - Passwords
USF - UltraSafeCommit
ULQ - UseLongQualifiers
Parameters definition
AUT - ApplicationUsingThreads
CT - CreateType
DB - Database
DSN - DataSourceName
DQ - DeferQueryEvaluation
FOC - FileOpenCache
IS - IntlSort
ND - NetDir
PW - Passwords
USF - UltraSafeCommit
ULQ - UseLongQualifiers
.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC
Type: .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
Usage: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
Usage: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Bridging to Microsoft Paradox ODBC Driver
This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OdbcConnection class that calls the underlying ODBC Driver. See respective ODBC driver for more connection strings to use with this class.
Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\;CollatingSequence=ASCII;
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