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IIS ErrMsg: Specified Driver Could Not Be Loaded

Article ID: 142561

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005


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SYMPTOMS

The following error appears when you query an ODBC data source from Internet Information Server (IIS):
[State=IM003][Error=0][Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Specified driver
could not be loaded

CAUSE

This error occurs because the ODBC driver (SQLSRV32.DLL in this case) specified by your DSN is not in the path which is listed in the ODBC.INI file.

RESOLUTION

Check the ODBC driver path specified by your DSN in the ODBC.INI file and correct it. Below is an excerpt from an ODBC.INI file:
   [ODBC 32 bit Data Sources]
   YourDSNname=SQL Server (32 bit)

   [YourDSNname]
   Driver32=D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\sqlsrv32.dll
				

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