UIDPWDDEFINED

The UIDPWDDEFINED attribute-keyword indicates that the user name and password have been defined (even if they are not present in the connection string). This keyword has been added to fix some optimizations performed by a number of client applications. Some client applications check the values of the user name and password in the connection string. If these values are defined as empty strings, the applications will remove these keyword/value pairs from the connection string. As a consequence of this removal, and the fact that user name and password are mandatory parameters for a full connection, a no-prompt connection would thus fail. Using the UIDPWDDEFINED keyword forces the adapter to flag that the user name and password are defined.

The UIDPWDDEFINED keyword acts as a flag and does not require any value. This keyword can be omitted if not needed.

Windows Server 2003: The WMI Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Adapter is not available in Windows Server 2003. When you upgrade to Windows Server 2003, the WMI ODBC Adapter is not removed if it already exists on a machine. For an alternative type of data access, see Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC).