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Mark, Can you please outline the “specific
instructions” you were seeking in your original post, for the next guy. Ken -----Original Message----- The fix Dmitry suggested solved the problem, according to Okaloosa
County. The only additional thing they did was to give it a name. Mark Mark S
Earley Support Services Specialist Diebold Election Systems 850 422-2100 office/fax 850 322-3226 cell -----Original
Message----- Mark, Select
Microsoft Access Driver (.mdb) and save the new DSN. I think it should fix
the problem with Crystal reports. Dmitry ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark S
Earley To: Support
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Pre-Election Report Error Using 1-17-17 and Win2K Okaloosa County FL has a small election scheduled for this Tuesday.
They are running GEMS 1.17.17 under Win 2000 and cannot get pre-election
reports to work. It gives the following error when previewing or printing the
reports: Failed
to connect to database Error
(527) - Error in File: SQL
server error. The problem seems identical to the one
reported by Cathi Smothers back in August 2001. Dmitry mentions a work
around, “login as administrator
on W2K machine and create a new System DSN under ODBC settings. After
that Crystal reports will work without errors.” I also see mentioned a new GEMS
install pack, but I cannot use it due to certification limitations. I want to try the workaround, but I need specific instructions on how
to setup and configure the new system DSN. I found the ODBC settings in Control
Panel, and got to the System DSN tab. Clicking ADD button takes me to the
select a driver for the data source screen. ·
Do I select Microsoft Access Driver (.mdb) or SQL Server, or some other
driver from the list. ·
What do I do next? As others have reported, I am
able to print the pre-election reports on my laptop running Win 2K. Mark Mark S
Earley Support Services Specialist Diebold Election Systems 850 422-2100 office/fax 850 322-3226 cell |