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Table Of Contents
See also:
Overview of Geospatial Data (page 551)
Accessing Data from ODBC (page 342)
Creating a Join (page 509)
Editing Features using the Data Table (page 711)
NOTE This functionality affects geospatial feature data only. For information about
linking records in an external database to objects in a drawing, see
Overview of
Linking Database Records to Objects
(page 522).
To set up an ODBC data store for use with AutoCAD Map 3D (page 577)
To set up a database range for Excel (page 578)
To work with ODBC data (page 578)
To set up an ODBC data store for use with AutoCAD Map 3D
1 From your Windows desktop, click Start menu Settings Control
Panel and open the Administrative Tools control panel.
2 Double-click Data Sources (ODBC).
3 Click Add.
4 Select a driver.
For a SQL Server data store, use the SQL Server or SQL Native Client
driver. Specify either Windows NT or SQL Server, and select the default
database that matches yours.
For an Oracle provider, do not use the Microsoft ODBC for Oracle
driver because it is incompatible with AutoCAD Map 3D. Instead, use
the driver installed with the Oracle client.
5 Click Finish.
6 Specify the DSN information.
For a MySQL Server data store, specify the Data Source Name, Server,
User, Password, and Database.
For an Oracle provider, specify the following:
Data Source Name
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