diff -r cd9db43db120 -r 91cb012d779a src/DriverManager.cpp
--- a/src/DriverManager.cpp	Mon May 25 21:11:17 2020 +0200
+++ b/src/DriverManager.cpp	Sun May 31 16:56:07 2020 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include <sql.h>
 #include <sqlext.h>
@@ -56,7 +57,41 @@
 	return list;
 }
 
+Connection* DriverManager::getConnectionByDSN(relpipe::reader::string_t dataSourceName, relpipe::reader::string_t userName, relpipe::reader::string_t password) {
+	SQLHDBC connection = OdbcCommon::allocateHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, env);
+	std::string dataSourceNameBytes = convertor.to_bytes(dataSourceName);
+	std::string userNameBytes = convertor.to_bytes(userName);
+	std::string passwordBytes = convertor.to_bytes(password);
+	SQLRETURN result = SQLConnect(connection,
+			(SQLCHAR*) dataSourceNameBytes.c_str(), SQL_NTS,
+			(SQLCHAR*) userNameBytes.c_str(), SQL_NTS,
+			(SQLCHAR*) password.c_str(), SQL_NTS);
+	if (OdbcCommon::isNotSuccessful(result)) {
+		OdbcCommon::freeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, connection);
+		throw SqlException(L"Unable to connect to " + dataSourceName, result, SQL_HANDLE_ENV, env);
+	}
+	return new Connection(connection);
+}
+
+Connection* DriverManager::getConnectionByString(relpipe::reader::string_t connectionString) {
+	SQLHDBC connection = OdbcCommon::allocateHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, env);
+	char completeConnectionString[SQL_MAX_OPTION_STRING_LENGTH];
+	memset(completeConnectionString, 0, sizeof (completeConnectionString));
+	SQLSMALLINT completeConnectionStringLength = -1;
+	SQLRETURN result = SQLDriverConnect(connection, nullptr,
+			(SQLCHAR*) convertor.to_bytes(connectionString).c_str(), SQL_NTS,
+			(SQLCHAR*) completeConnectionString, sizeof (completeConnectionString), &completeConnectionStringLength,
+			SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
+	if (OdbcCommon::isNotSuccessful(result)) throw SqlException(L"Unable to connect to " + connectionString, result, SQL_HANDLE_ENV, env);
+	std::wcerr << "ODBC connected to: " << convertor.from_bytes(completeConnectionString) << std::endl; // FIXME: remove
+	return new Connection(connection);
+}
+
+relpipe::reader::string_t DriverManager::buildDSN(const std::map<relpipe::reader::string_t, relpipe::reader::string_t>& parameters) {
+	throw SqlException(L"not yet implemented: buildDSN()"); // FIXME: implement buildDSN()
+}
+
 
 }
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}