Login in VB to oracle server through Excel

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First you should not use the Microsoft drivers.  They have been deprecated and only sit on top of the Oracle drivers anyway.

I'm afraid I don't understand what a network ID versus a network IS is.

In the past we were given user IDs s and passwords to  access the Data Warehouse.

Now as an added security to access the Data Warehouse you must use your network ID and password. This is what you use to sign into to system through windows. Prior to this one user could sign in to the company network using their network ID  and login using someone else's Data warehouse credentials.

One anomaly is that our network passwords must have a special character.  Mine has an asterisk in the password.  This may be causing a problem.

Do you have any other tools installed to attempt a database connection?  Sqlplus preferred since this is the simplest tool to try but SQL Developer will also work.

Before debugging the ODBC drivers, make sure the userid and password is correct and can connect you to the database.  Then we'll figure out how to get the ODBC drivers working.

I strongly suggest you use the Oracle drivers.  The Microsoft ones might have 'issues' with the new complex passwords.

I am actually using oracle drivers in my odbc connection. It is in the VB code where I have tne problem.

I need vb code for ADODB connection.

Thanks,

I was able to connect using just the name of my ODBC Driver.