BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How do I get the "true" database name?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Reporting-Charting View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Phantom23 Guest Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:35 pm    Post subject: How do I get the "true" database name? I need to get the actual database name on a server that I am connecting to through an ODBC alias. For example... -- on an MS SQL database server named "MyServer" -- there exists 3 databases.... FirstDB, SecondDB, and ThirdDB -- Through ODBC I setup 3 aliases, Alias1, Alias2, and Alias3. -- Using the BDE... make a connection to Alias1 -- How can I get the databasename = FirstDB (which is what Alias1 points to)? Need to do this for MS SQL, DB2, Sybase SQL Server, Oracle, etc. -- just all of them. How can I get this? Syntax specific SQL statement for each database? Delphi function? If it is different for ADO, then I need to get it for that too? Thanks in advance, Samson Back to top George Guest Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:36 am    Post subject: Re: How do I get the "true" database name? Samson, Try to read the ODBC registry entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareODBCODBC.INIODBC Data Sources. All aliases are defined there, and their specifics are in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareODBCODBC.INI. Hope this helps. George "Phantom23" <Ghost (AT) Email (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I need to get the actual database name on a server that I am connecting to through an ODBC alias. For example... -- on an MS SQL database server named "MyServer" -- there exists 3 databases.... FirstDB, SecondDB, and ThirdDB -- Through ODBC I setup 3 aliases, Alias1, Alias2, and Alias3. -- Using the BDE... make a connection to Alias1 -- How can I get the databasename = FirstDB (which is what Alias1 points to)? Need to do this for MS SQL, DB2, Sybase SQL Server, Oracle, etc. -- just all of them. How can I get this? Syntax specific SQL statement for each database? Delphi function? If it is different for ADO, then I need to get it for that too? 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