DSN

Type

glossary

Description

Data Source Name. A specification that identifies a particular database, set up in the ODBC manager on your system.

A DSN contains the name of the database, its host, the user name and password, and other information. You can specify a DSN instead of specifying the identifying information directly when connecting to a database via ODBC.

Related

glossary: Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), host, database, ODBC manager