Troubleshooting
Problem
MS Excel or MS Access applications connecting to DB2 Linux Unix Windows Server using DB2 ODBC driver may throw error "The data connection wizard cannot obtain a list of databases from the specified data source."
Symptom
Using 'Data Connection Wizard' like below will throw error "The data connection wizard cannot obtain a list of databases from the specified data source."
You will get an error message like below
[{"Product":{"code":"SSEPGG","label":"Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"OTHER - Uncategorised","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.7;9.5;10.1;10.5","Edition":"Advanced Enterprise Server;Advanced Workgroup Server;Enterprise Server;Express;Express-C;Personal;Workgroup Server","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]
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Document Information
More support for:
Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Software version:
9.7, 9.5, 10.1, 10.5
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
258291
Modified date:
30 April 2025
UID
swg21699664
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