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Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
 Manufacturer Microsoft
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Standard

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\myDb;Extended Properties=Paradox 5.x;

Please note that you should only specify the folder where the database resides. Not the database name itself.

MS kb-article: How to use Paradox data with Access and Jet

How to Use JET in 64 bit environments >>

 
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Microsoft Paradox Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )}
 Manufacturer Microsoft
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5.X

Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\;CollatingSequence=ASCII;
 
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7.X

Provider=MSDASQL;Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Read;Extended Properties='DSN=Paradox;DBQ=C:\myDb;DefaultDir=C:\myDb;DriverId=538;FIL=Paradox 7.X;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=600;';Initial Catalog=C:\myDb;

Please note that this one only supports read operations.

 
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Intersolv 3.11 ODBC Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage DSN=myDSN
 Manufacturer DataDirect Technologies
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7.X

DataDirect provides this Paradox 7.x table format driver with read-write capability. Note that Paradox tables remain frozen at table format 7.x, That means that software mentioning Paradox 8, 9, 10 tables are really always referencing format 7.x.

DSN=MyDSN;AUT=1;CT=7;DQ=0;FOC=0;IS=1;PW=myPassword;USF=1;ULQ=1;

Not all parameters are required, most of them can be set at the DSN system config.

Parameters definition<br/> AUT - ApplicationUsingThreads<br/> CT - CreateType<br/> DB - Database<br/> DSN - DataSourceName<br/> DQ - DeferQueryEvaluation<br/> FOC - FileOpenCache<br/> IS - IntlSort<br/> ND - NetDir<br/> PW - Passwords<br/> USF - UltraSafeCommit<br/> ULQ - UseLongQualifiers<br/>

 
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.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
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Bridging to Microsoft Paradox ODBC Driver

This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OdbcConnection class that calls the underlying ODBC Driver. See respective ODBC driver for more connection strings to use with this class.

Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox 5.X;DefaultDir=c:\pathToDb\;Dbq=c:\pathToDb\;CollatingSequence=ASCII;
 
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