ASA Database Administration Guide
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FileDataSourceName connection parameter [FILEDSN]

Function 

The FileDataSourceName (FILEDSN) connection parameter tells the client library that there is an ODBC file data source holding information about the database to which you want to connect.

Both ODBC and Embedded SQL applications can use File data sources

Usage 

Anywhere

Values 

String

Default 

There is no default name.

Description 

File data sources hold the same information as ODBC data sources stored in the registry. File data sources can be easily distributed to end users so that connection information does not have to be reconstructed on each machine.

See also 

DataSourceName connection parameter [DSN]