// ODBC DSN -- INFORMIX 3.30 ODBC Driver

using System.Data.Odbc;

OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection();

conn.ConnectionString =

              "Dsn=DsnName;" +

              "Host=HostName;" +

              "Server=ServerName;" +

              "Service=ServerName;" +

              "Protocol=olsoctcp;" +

              "Database=DataBaseName;" +

              "Uid=UserName;" +

              "Pwd=Secret;";

conn.Open();

// ODBC without DSN -- INFORMIX 3.30 ODBC Driver

using System.Data.Odbc;

OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection();

conn.ConnectionString =

              "Dsn="";" +

              "Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT};" +

              "Host=HostName;" +

              "Server=ServerName;" +

              "Service=ServerName;" +

              "Protocol=olsoctcp;" +

              "Database=DataBaseName;" +

              "Uid=UserName;" +

              "Pwd=Secret;";

conn.Open();

// ODBC Informix-CLI 2.5 ODBC Driver

using System.Data.Odbc;

OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection();

conn.ConnectionString =

          "Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};" +

          "Server=ServerName;" +

          "DataBase=DataBaseName;" +

          "Uid=UserName;" +

          "Pwd=Secret;";

conn.Open();

// OleDb -- IBM Informix OleDb Provider

using System.Data.OleDb;

OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection();

conn.ConnectionString =

        "Driver=IFXOLEDBC;" +

        "Data Source=DataBaseName@ServerName;" +

        "User id=UserName;" +

        "Password=Secret;";

        "Persist Security Info=true;";

conn.Open();