Hi i am facing a similar problem .My Java app connects to MSSQL Server 2005 DB .The code works fine for 32 bit but does not work for 64 bit .I also tried creating a system DSN on 64 bit machine but getting an exception . please find my code below :
Exception :
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid string or buffer length
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLGetDataString(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcResultSet.getDataString(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcResultSet.getString(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.buildTypeInfo(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at DbConnection.Connect(DbConnection.java:27)