Provide a URI as a parameter for an ODBC or OleDB provider connection string?

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Published on 2010-03-10T22:13:56Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 0:51 UTC
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Is there any way of specifying a URI (rather than a physical path) as the "Data Source" parameter in an OleDB connection string, or the "Dbq" parameter in an ODBC connection string, such that the default ADO.Net providers will work with it?

I've tried file://, and it's a no go, so I just wanted to confirm whether or not this is possible. I'm guessing not, but any confirmation or documentation links would be appreciated.

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