Dreamweaver 8: ASP.net ODBC Connection

:confused;This is very annoying - especially since the built in help
contradicts what I can do with the program. I am developing a remote (on a
LAN) ASP.net website.

Dreamweaver apparently requires a dataset before it will properly render ASP
controls. To create a dataset, I first need to create a database connections.
The only 2 options that I get when I click on the "+" button in the Database
tab of the application window are "OLE DB Connection" and "SQL Server
Connection" - I need to connect trhough ODBC.

Parts of the user manual say this can be done with a "custom connection" and
gives instructions to do this. The topic "Creating a DSN-less connection" in
the help fro examle is just what I need - but the instructions say : "Click the
Plus (+) button on the panel and select Custom Connection String from the
pop-up menu. The Custom Connection String dialog box appears." Unforutanly
there is NO "Custom Connection String" in the menu - it only has the options
for OLE and SQl Server.

I don't think .NET does ODBC, does it? Only OLEDB?

Best regards,
Chris

Go to http://www.connectionstrings.com for examples.

pgorbas wrote:

:confused;This is very annoying - especially since the built in help
contradicts what I can do with the program. I am developing a remote (on a
LAN) ASP.net website.

Dreamweaver apparently requires a dataset before it will properly render ASP
controls. To create a dataset, I first need to create a database connections.
The only 2 options that I get when I click on the "+" button in the Database
tab of the application window are "OLE DB Connection" and "SQL Server
Connection" - I need to connect trhough ODBC.

Parts of the user manual say this can be done with a "custom connection" and
gives instructions to do this. The topic "Creating a DSN-less connection" in
the help fro examle is just what I need - but the instructions say : "Click the
Plus (+) button on the panel and select Custom Connection String from the
pop-up menu. The Custom Connection String dialog box appears." Unforutanly
there is NO "Custom Connection String" in the menu - it only has the options
for OLE and SQl Server.

I am running into the exact same problem today. Did you ever find
what's up?