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Background: I've been using LabVIEW for a few years for automation testing tasks and until recently have been saving my data to "[DescriptorA]\[DescriptorB]\[test_info].csv" files. A few months ago, a friend turned me on to the concept of relational databases, I've been really impressed by their response times and am reworking my code and following the examples with the Database Connectivity Toolkit (DCT) to use "[test_info].mdb" with my provider being a Microsoft jet oldb database. However, I'm beginning to see the limitations of the DCT namely: No support for auto-incrementing primary keys No support for foreign keys Difficult to program stored procedures and I'm sure a few more that I don't know yet. Now I've switched over to architecting my database in MySQL Workbench. Suffice to say I'm a bit out of my depth and have a few questions that I haven't seen covered in tutorials Questions (General): Using Microsoft jet oldb I made a connection string "Data Source= C:\[Database]\[databasename.mdb]" in a .UDL file. However, the examples I've seen for connecting to MySQL databases use IP addresses and ports. Is a MySQL database still a file? If not, how do I put it on my networked server \\[servername\Database\[file]? If so, what file extensions exist for databases and what is the implication of each extension? I know of .mdb, but are there others I could/should be using (such as .csv's vs .txt's) My peers, who have more work experience than me but no experience with databases, espouse a 2GB limit on all files (I believe from the era of FAT16 disks). My current oldb database is about 200mB in size so 2GB will likely never happen, but I'm curious: Do file size limits still apply to database files? If so, how does one have the giant databases that support major websites? Questions (LabVIEW Specific): I can install my [MainTestingVi.exe], which accesses the jet oldb database, on a Windows 10 computer that is fresh out of the box. When I switch over to having a MySQL database, are there any additional tools that I'll need to install as well?

Hello Everyone I am facing some issue while opening database connection using OLE DB as well as in ODBC also Currently i am using Labview 64 bit version and using ADO functions (ActiveX Function) i am getting following error. Check Attachment Error -2146824582 occurred at Exception occured in ADODB.Connection: Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed.Help Path is C:\WINDOWS\HELP\ADO270.CHM and context 1240655 in AUTOMATION 64BIT.vi Any link to similar kind task or tutorial for study are most welcome. Thanks.

Hi, I am looking for a toolkit which would allow to connect and modify the hosted db from LV application. What are the options? (excluding the Database Connectivity Toolkit). max

Hi all, I've developed program that calls subvi that queries data from MySQL data base. It works fine till I publish it as a web service. While running program, I receive errorCode and errorDesc from subvi as follows: errorCode=-2147467259 errorDesc=NI_Database_API.lvlib:DB Tools Open Connec (String).vi->checkLog.vi->vigateway.vi->vigateway.vi.ProxyCaller<ERR>ADO Error: 0x80004005 Exception occured in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified in NI_Database_API.lvlib:DB Tools Open Connec (String).vi->checkLog.vi->vigateway.vi->vigateway.vi.ProxyCaller It happens on LV 2012 and 2013. I've tried also with wi-fi switched off and it's the same. ODBC is supposed to be properly configured (it works for undeployed program). Everything is fine with Web Server configuration. VI works when it is run as application and web service but the problematic is VI I attached. I'd be grateful for your help. Best regards, Piotr checkLog.vi