I have a very odd problem that I hope someone can help me with. I have a 64 bit odbc MySQL driver. Unfortunately, although I can connect to the data source from the control panel, the linked server cannot connect to the MYSQL data source. The
funny thing is that other linked servers (using the same odbc driver) have no problem connecting to their respective hosts. The problem seems seems to be between the 64 bit linked server and the host (a shoretel IP phone database that runs on top of
windows). I know that the 32 bit driver used to work, but when I rebuilt the server to 64 rather than 32 bit the linked server failed. What I am trying to do is to use both 64 bit driver and 32 bit driver concurrently (I have installed the 32 bit
version using the WOW 32 bit odbc tool, but because the SSMS provider dialog only allows me to use the 64 bit system dsn. I am wondering if I can get the 32 bit version to work as well using a user rather than system dsn. Is this possible? I
can send screenshots of the problem if needed. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
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