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<h1 class="topictitle1">Specify the ODBC data source</h1>
<div><p>You must specify the data source for your application to access
and manipulate data.</p>
<div class="section">To specify the data source:</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Start the ODBC Administration program from the iSeries™ Access
for Windows<sup>®</sup> program
group.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the appropriate tab for the type of data source. See Overview
of the iSeries Access
ODBC driver for more information.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select an existing data source from the list, or select <span class="uicontrol">Add</span> to
create new one. If you are using an existing data source, click <span class="uicontrol">Configure</span> and
proceed to step <a href="#rzaiiodbc07__odbc07step">5</a>.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the iSeries Access ODBC driver for your data source,
and click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>. </span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You may notice
the Client Access ODBC Driver (32-bit) name in the list of drivers. This name
is listed so that data sources created with previous releases of Client Access
will continue to work. Both names point you to the same ODBC driver. You can
use either name, however in future releases the Client Access ODBC Driver
(32-bit) name will be removed.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand" id="rzaiiodbc07__odbc07step"><a name="rzaiiodbc07__odbc07step"><!-- --></a><span>Specify desired options using the iSeries Access
for Windows ODBC
setup dialog. For a description of the controls, refer to the data source's
online help by using the F1 key or the Help button.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The data source name can include up to 32 characters, must start
with an alphabetic character, and cannot include the following characters:</div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th colspan="2" align="center" valign="top" id="d0e75">Unallowed data-source characters</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Left bracket ([)</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Question mark (?)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Right bracket (])</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Asterisk (*)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Left brace ({)</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Equal sign (=)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Right brace (})</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Exclamation point (!)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Left parenthesis ( )</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">At sign (@)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Right parenthesis ( )</td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e75 ">Semicolon (;)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiiodbc04.htm" title="Presents procedures for setting up your environment to support the ODBC driver. For help configuring the ODBC driver, start the ODBC administration program from the iSeries Access for Windows program group, and refer to the online help.">Set up your system for the iSeries Access ODBC driver</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaiiodbc17.htm" title="Provides a general description of ODBC, and how you can use it with iSeries Access for Windows.">Overview of the iSeries Access ODBC driver</a></div>
<div><a href="../rzaly/rzalydmkickoff.htm">Disk management</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaiiodbc07asp.htm" title="Find steps to use when connecting to an independent ASP through ODBC.">Use independent ASPs through ODBC</a></div>
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