cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc¶

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Creates/registers an Access database via ODBC.

See

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/126606/EN-US

CREATE_DBV2=<path name> <sort order>
    (to create version 2 Jet engine mdb file, Access 2, 16bit)
CREATE_DBV3=<path name> <sort order>
    (to create version 3 Jet engine mdb file, Access 95, Access 97)
CREATE_DBV4=<path name> <sort order>
    (to create version 4 Jet engine mdb file, Access 2000)

https://code.activestate.com/recipes/414879-create-an-odbc-data-source/
view-source:https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Pascal/Delphi/Q_22020226.html
- this instead suggests CREATE_DBV3 for Access 95, CREATE_DBV4 for Access 97, and CREATE_DB for Access 2000, but that’s probably wrong
http://vieka.com/esqldoc/esqlref/htm/odbcsqlconfigdatasource.htm
https://code.google.com/p/opendbviewer/source/browse/trunk/src/dbconnector/win32adodb.py?spec=svn45&r=45
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140021(v=office.10).aspx
- … indicates that programmatic creation of queries/views (via ADO) leads to “invisible” queries
https://msaccessmemento.hubpages.com/hub/Stored_Procedure_in_MS_Access
- … additionally, stored procedures have no user interface

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.create_and_register_access2000_db(filename: str, dsn: str, description: str) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Creates a Microsoft Access 2000 database and registers it with ODBC.

Parameters:	filename – filename of the database to create dsn – ODBC data source name to create description – description of the database
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.create_and_register_access97_db(filename: str, dsn: str, description: str) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Creates a Microsoft Access 97 database and registers it with ODBC.

Parameters:	filename – filename of the database to create dsn – ODBC data source name to create description – description of the database
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.create_and_register_access_db(filename: str, dsn: str, description: str) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Creates a Microsoft Access database and registers it with ODBC.

Parameters:	filename – filename of the database to create dsn – ODBC data source name to create description – description of the database
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.create_sys_dsn(driver: str, **kw) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Create a system ODBC data source name (DSN).

Parameters:	driver – ODBC driver name kw – Driver attributes
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.create_user_dsn(driver: str, **kw) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Create a user ODBC data source name (DSN).

Parameters:	driver – ODBC driver name kw – Driver attributes
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool

cardinal_pythonlib.register_db_with_odbc.register_access_db(fullfilename: str, dsn: str, description: str) → bool[source]¶

(Windows only.) Registers a Microsoft Access database with ODBC.

Parameters:	fullfilename – filename of the existing database dsn – ODBC data source name to create description – description of the database
Returns:	was the DSN created?
Return type:	bool