[ACCEPTED]-Listing ODBC Data Sources in C#-odbc

You could call the SQLDataSources-function 11 in ODBC32.DLL:

 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
    public static class OdbcWrapper
    {
        [DllImport("odbc32.dll")]
        public static extern int SQLDataSources(int EnvHandle, int Direction, StringBuilder ServerName, int ServerNameBufferLenIn,
    ref int ServerNameBufferLenOut, StringBuilder Driver, int DriverBufferLenIn, ref int DriverBufferLenOut);

        [DllImport("odbc32.dll")]
        public static extern int SQLAllocEnv(ref int EnvHandle);
    }

Example that lists the Data 10 Sources:

public void ListODBCsources()
    {
        int envHandle=0;
        const int SQL_FETCH_NEXT = 1;
        const int SQL_FETCH_FIRST_SYSTEM = 32;

        if (OdbcWrapper.SQLAllocEnv(ref envHandle) != -1)
        {
            int ret;
            StringBuilder serverName = new StringBuilder(1024);
            StringBuilder driverName = new StringBuilder(1024);
            int snLen = 0;
            int driverLen = 0;
            ret = OdbcWrapper.SQLDataSources(envHandle, SQL_FETCH_FIRST_SYSTEM, serverName, serverName.Capacity, ref snLen,
                        driverName, driverName.Capacity, ref driverLen);
            while (ret == 0)
            {
                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(serverName + System.Environment.NewLine + driverName);
                ret = OdbcWrapper.SQLDataSources(envHandle, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, serverName, serverName.Capacity, ref snLen,
                        driverName, driverName.Capacity, ref driverLen);
            } 
        }

    }

The first call to SQLDataSources 9 with SQL_FETCH_FIRST_SYSTEM tells the function to start the listing 8 with the System-DSNs. If you simply started 7 with SQL_FETCH_NEXT it would first list the drivers. Link to the function ref on Microsofts site

Edit:
Everybody 6 seems to know it but I just found out yesterday 5 when I used this code in a new poject: if 4 you are compiling this with VS on a 64 Bit 3 Windows you have to set the "Target 2 Platform" to "x86" or the 1 code won't run.

I use the following code to retrieve the 4 DSNs from the registry :

    private List<string> EnumDsn()
    {
        List<string> list = new List<string>();
        list.AddRange(EnumDsn(Registry.CurrentUser));
        list.AddRange(EnumDsn(Registry.LocalMachine));
        return list;
    }

    private IEnumerable<string> EnumDsn(RegistryKey rootKey)
    {
        RegistryKey regKey = rootKey.OpenSubKey(@"Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources");
        if (regKey != null)
        {
            foreach (string name in regKey.GetValueNames())
            {
                string value = regKey.GetValue(name, "").ToString();
                yield return name;
            }
        }
    }

It's strange that 3 you have non-english name for the "ODBC 2 Data Sources" key... I have a French version 1 of Windows, and the name is still in English

I don't think there is anything in .NET, and 4 a quick check of the (native) ODBC API shows 3 some functions that might be of help:

• SQLBrowseConnec
• SQLDrivers

Given 2 the way buffers are used in the ODBC API, careful 1 pinning of character arrays will be needed.

If you are using a Windows Forms Application 8 (not a Web environment), you could use the 7 Visual Studio's "Choose Data Source" dialog.

It's 6 included in an assembly and can be easily 5 used.

The article where I found this info: http://www.mztools.com/articles/2007/MZ2007011.aspx

In 4 any case, I'm from Spain and I also use 3 the Registry solution (specially in Web 2 apps). I've never found a machine with those 1 entries in a language different from English.

I know this is an old post but for what 4 it's worth at windows 10 I found the ODBC 3 connection located in the LocalMachine node 2 and not the current user, could be a 64bit 1 thing.

        RegistryKey reg = (Registry.LocalMachine).OpenSubKey("Software");
        reg = reg.OpenSubKey("ODBC");
        reg = reg.OpenSubKey("ODBC.INI");
        reg = reg.OpenSubKey("ODBC Data Sources");
        string instance = "";
        foreach (string item in reg.GetValueNames())
        {
            instance = item;
        }