That doesn't look like a valid connection string. Usually, the connect string is something like: user/password@sid At least using the normal Oracle interface. SID, which I assume would map to ODBC would be the datasource name defined in your tnsnames.ora file. You might try testowner/password@gsmInfo Or consult your ODBC docs on proper connect strings. Michael Gannon wrote:

Hi there,

I'm trying to connect to an Oracle 7.3 database through Zope using a 'Z ODBC Database Connection'. It's giving me an error saying: 'Invalid connection string: gsmInfo'

I set up a DSN throught the Control Panel as follows:

Data Source Name: gsmInfo SQL* Net Connect String: 2: UserId: testowner

This is using the 'Oracle73 Ver 2.5' Driver.

I also used the '32-bit ODBC TEST' that comes with Oracle and this connected to the database no problem after entering in a password.

Has anyone got any clues or suggestions to the problem.

Thanks in advance,

Michael Gannon. XML Workshop.

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