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Why do I get error "The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application"?

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Last Reviewed:
4th January 2024
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You will get this error if you attempt to do the following on a 64-bit Windows machine:

If you are using a 64-bit application, it will be linked against the 64-bit version of the Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager, which can only load a 64-bit ODBC driver. You can only connect to data sources for ODBC drivers that are listed in the 64-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator (accessible from Administrative tools in Control Panel).

Similarly, if you are using a 32-bit application, it will be linked against the 32-bit version of the Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager, which can only load a 32-bit ODBC driver. You can only connect to data sources for ODBC drivers that are listed in the 32-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator (accessible by running %windir%\syswow64\odbcad32.exe in the Windows Run dialog box).

If an ODBC driver is listed in both versions of the ODBC Data Source Administrator, both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of that driver are installed.

If you are unable to get the required ODBC driver for your applications architecture, you can use the ODBC-ODBC Bridge to:

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