Re: Patch for ODBC driver (look for odbc.ini in more than

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Ross Thomas wrote:
> > > It looks like we already have this capability in 7.2:
> > >
> > > /*
> > >  * theIniFileName is searched for in:
> > >  *  $HOME/theIniFileName
> > >  *  theIniFileName
> > >  *  ODBCINSTDIR/ODBCINST_INI
> > >  */
> >
> > Unless I'm missing something, this still doesn't match what "most" ODBC
> > drivers do - for example, it doesn't look in /etc (or other
> > ./configure-defined location) for a system-wide file, or in $ODBCINI.
This
> > can be annoying for a sysadmin wishing to provide a predefined set of
data
> > sources.
> >
> > Someone mentioned that 7.2 can use an iODBC library to read odbc.ini,
which
> > is an improvement, but IMHO PostgreSQL's driver should be more flexible
by
> > default, without having to link with a library. (This would also be
useful
> > as far as binary packages go, as there needn't be a different PostgreSQL
> > driver package for each driver manager.)
>
> Agreed.  Can you supply a patch against current source so we can release
> it with 7.3?

Sure thing.

Regards,
Ross Thomas