Simplest Way to Test ODBC on WIndows

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With unixODBC you can use a simple command line utility called  isql  to test your connection and permissions of some queries  Without having to write extra code or install libs or bloated programs  is there a simple way to open up X data source send some sql commands and be done with it    Doing this on the command line would be preferable

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a simple way is   create a fake    UDL  file on desktop   UDL files are described here  https   msdn microsoft com en-us library e38h511e v vs 71  aspx    in case you can also customized it as explained there

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For ad hoc queries  the ODBC Test utility is pretty handy   Its design and interface is more oriented toward testing various parts of the ODBC API   But it works quite nicely for running queries and showing the output   It is part of the Microsoft Data Access Components   To run a query  you can click the connect button  or use ctrl-F   choose a data source  type a query  then ctrl-E to execute it and ctrl-R to display the results  e g   if it is a SELECT or something that returns a cursor

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It s been a while but since I precisely have the answer to the question  I ll share it and maybe someone will benefit from it   Jaime de Los Hoyos wrote a very nice program to precisely do that  ODBC Query Tool  Unfortunately  Jaime s website is defunct but you can still find the program and its source code at this location  https   sourceforge net projects odbc-query-tool files latest release   The program is GUI based and consists of a single executable file  no need to install anything on the machine   Jaime s profile   https   stackoverflow com users 878998 jaime-de-los-hoyos-m Jaime s posts on a forum talking about his program   https   forum powerbasic com forum user-to-user-discussions source-code 48266-odbc-query-tool-retrieve-information-from-any-database-easily

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You can use the  Test Connection  feature after creating the ODBC connection through Control Panel   Administrative Tools   Data Sources    To test a SQL command itself you could try   http   www sqledit com odbc runner html  http   www sqledit com sqlrun zip  Or  perhaps easier and more useful in the long run  you can make a test ASP NET or PHP page in a couple minutes to run SQL statement yourself through IIS

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One way to create a quick test query in Windows via an ODBC connection is using the DQY format   To achieve this  create a DQY file  e g  test dqy  containing the magic first two lines  XLODBC and 1  as below  followed by your ODBC connection string on the third line and your query on the fourth line  all on one line   e g    XLODBC 1 Driver  Microsoft ODBC for Oracle  server DB uid scott pwd tiger  SELECT COUNT 1  n FROM emp   Then  if you open the file by double-clicking it  it will open in Excel and populate the worksheet with the results of the query

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Make a file SOMEFILENAME udl then double click on it and set it up as an ODBC connection object  username  pwd  target server

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