Contents of the Edit Data Source Dialog Box

Use the fields and options to configure the Edit Data Source dialog box.

Contents

Field Description
Name

The name of the currently selected data source is displayed in this field.

Database Name (Schema)

Use of this field is optional. If you wish, you can enter the schema name of the selected database in this field.

If you do not enter a schema name in this field, the Datasources.dat file must identify an Initial Catalog for the database.

Database is Unicode

This option is selected by default. MS Access databases are always in Unicode. Additionally, this option is used for double-byte languages such as Chinese, Russian, and Hebrew.

Data link Properties

Click this button to display the Windows Data Link Properties dialog box that you can use to specify how to link to the server where the database is stored.