[StATS]: Loading ODBC drivers from the Microsoft Data Access Pack (created 2001-01-24)
Here are excerpts from some emails posted to the SPSSX-L listserver on September 10-11
-
- These emails describe how to load special
drivers for ODBC
- especially the driver for Access 97.
First message: If the application is ODBC compliant
- which would
include most modern database programs
- then you can use the SPSS Data
Driver 32. The SPSS Data Driver allows ODBC compliant applications to read SPSS system files directly
- via ODBC. The SPSS Data Driver 32 is
included in the SPSS Data Access Pack on the SPSS 10.0 CD-ROM. To install the driver
- insert your SPSS CD-ROM. The autoplay screen
should appear. Click on Install SPSS Data Access Pack. At the first screen
- click Next
- and then accept the license agreement. At the next
screen
- you can select the location where you want the files to be
installed. Then click Next. At the Select Components screen
- check the
box next to SPSS Data Driver 32. Then
- click Next and follow the
remaining steps in the wizard. This will install the SPSS Data Driver into your ODBC Data Sources Control panel.
To configure the driver
- go to Start->Settings->Control Panel.
Double click on Data Sources (ODBC). On the User DSN tab
- click Add.
Scroll down until you see SPSS Data Access 32 (*.sav)
- and select it.
Click Finish. A small dialog box will appear
- named Setup. In the box
next to Data Source: type in a name for the Data Source. In the box next to Database: type in the full path to the directory where you SPSS data file is located. Then click OK. Click OK again on the Database Administrator. When you use the data source within your application
- the driver will display each SPSS data file in the
directory as a separate table. In general
- ODBC can only read in 255
variables at a time. —–Original Message—– Sent: Friday, September 08
- 2000 7:02 PM To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: SPSS
data into Access ??
Second message: On the SPSS 9.0 CD-ROM
- the Microsoft Data Access
Pack (which includes the Microsoft Access ODBC Driver) is in the folder called “ODBC Drivers”. Double click on the file called dataacc.exe to install.
You can also download the Microsoft Data Access Pack directly from Microsoft’s webpage
- at
www.microsoft.com/data. They call it the Microsoft Data Access Components
- or MDAC.
Third message: I also found a copy on the Access 97 CD. I knew it had to be somewhere on the SPSS CD but after searching the SPSS web site to no avail I then tried Microsoft’s site (no luck) and then the Access disc. I told it to reload Access using the Add/Remove feature and found the driver that way. The trick seems to be know what to call something (like “data access pack”) when roaming around discs & web sites.
Fourth message: You need the driver for the application that contains the data. Since the data are in Access 97
- you will need the
Access ODBC driver. (If the data were in SPSS
- you would need the SPSS
ODBC driver.) Microsoft ODBC drivers are located in the system subdirectory of your windows directory. The file names begin with ODBC and have a .DLL extension. If they have been wiped out or corrupted, you can reinstall them by reinstalling Access. The following technical note contains related information that may be useful. support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q237/5/75.ASP.
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