What I usually do is use a *.udl file, a special file that ODBC stores information on connecting to a database. to create a file is very easy under windows (XP) create a new file, right click on desktop, select new and either select text or Microsoft data link. if you choose a text file remane it <name of link>.udl this extension will change it to a data link. The icon will change, double click on the file and it will walk you through connecting with a database file (I have only done this with access and I am by no means a database expert), you can test the connection. Use this file location to pass to the open database connection vi from the toolkit. Good luck,
Paul
