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Adagio's avatar
Adagio
Frequent Contributor
7 years ago

TestComplete and DB connection doesn't work on the Win-7 Virtual Machine

Hello,   I'm using the following connection string to connect TestComplete to AS400 database on my machine(WINDOWS 10). The connection works just fine. I'm not creating/using any DSN on my machine....
  • Adagio's avatar
    Adagio
    7 years ago

    Thank you for your reply, Robert! ODBC was already configured, but now it seems I was making some mistake in the connection string itself.

     

    I had to replace 'Data Source' by 'System' , and it worked fine on the Virtual Machine. I believe the system thinks of DSN when it sees ' Data Source' in the connection string.

     

    Thank you

    Abhi

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

And ODBC connection is a connection that is configured within the Windows OS which you then access within TestComplete.  So, most likely, you set up the ODBC on your Windows 10 machine but it's not configured on your Windows 7.  In both environments, this is done under the Windows Administrative Tools... there is an option for Data Sources (ODBC).  Configure your data source there, replicating what you have in your Windows 10 machine, and it should be able to run.

  • Adagio's avatar
    Adagio
    Frequent Contributor
    7 years ago

    Thank you for your reply, Robert! ODBC was already configured, but now it seems I was making some mistake in the connection string itself.

     

    I had to replace 'Data Source' by 'System' , and it worked fine on the Virtual Machine. I believe the system thinks of DSN when it sees ' Data Source' in the connection string.

     

    Thank you

    Abhi