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Paradox 7 ODBC driver

Hi All........

One of our programmers needs to write a Business Objects version 6.5.1 report against a Paradox 7 database (both on Windows Server 2003). Please could someone suggest a suitable ODBC driver to use to create a connection to the Paradox database files within Business Objects and where we could get the driver from?

Hope this is clear, any suggestions gratefully received.

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cthulthu

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spinnaker01

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OK cthulthu,

Thanks for your response.

I will speak to the programmer and see if this is what he is after, whilst I understand most of your comment, i was not really clear what you meant by a network driver, the databse will be on a sepearate server not the desktop, will we need a network driver. The implication being that a desktop driver will only work for a locally installed paradox database.? or network driver meaning single licence?

Thanks for your assistance

cthulthu

If you are connecting a client over a network to a central server, DataDirect typically charges more for the license. If you are working solely on a desktop, the license is cheaper. At one client, the difference was so great (at the time, it was $1000+ vs. $60), that I setup a process to copy the network Paradox .db and index files to the local computer before working on them.