Well, as I said, you'll ALWAYS need an ODBC connection, but you don't necessarily need a Windows DSN, even with remote views.<br>
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Unlike SQL pass-through, a remote view will require a named connection in your DBC. But you can create a named connection by specifying "connection string" and entering the same criteria as you would put for SQLSTRINGCONNECT(); if you specify everything, including the driver, you won't need to create a Windows DSN.