Re: problems with the ODBC driver

I'm having a similar problem as below  (I installed an ODBC driver, but I'm not getting any
sort of ODBC link in my Control Panel like my book (Stones & Matthew,
"Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL", 2001) says I should).

I'm a total newbie to this, though, so I just assumed I did something wrong.

I'm running WinXP Professional, and I downloaded and installed
 'psqlodbc-07_02_0005.zip'
from
 'gborg.postgresql.org'

And, like I said, I'm getting nothing on 'Control Panel'.  According to my 'Add
& Remove Programs' tool, though, it _is_ installed.  What do I need to do?

Please help - I don't know how to move forward, and I'm getting a headache
from banging my head against the monitor.

-d


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner ( at ) postgresql ( dot ) org
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner ( at ) postgresql ( dot ) org] On Behalf Of J J
> Sent: 27 September 2004 05:48
> To: pgsql-odbc ( at ) postgresql ( dot ) org
> Subject: [ODBC] problems with the ODBC driver
>
> I have installed your latest ODBC driver but it does not show
> up in the ODBC admin driver list.  I checked the registry and
> all the entries look right.
> The only thing I can think of is Windows XP does not think
> the driver is a
> 32 bit driver (I tried to find the 16 bit version of ODBC
> admin to verify this but gave up for tonight).  Either that
> or it only shows drivers from company Microsoft. :)  I did
> notice in the registry that the filemaker app had put entries
> in that were not showing up either.  It appears anything not
> from Microsoft wont show up.
>
> Have you heard of this before?

It's certainly a 32 bit driver (I know, I compiled it!). I have seen
this *once* before, and unfortunately the machine in question was only
fixed with a reinstall of Windows iirc. You might try an MDAC update
from www.microsoft.com/data - that might sort out and messed up ODBC
files or settings.

Regards, Dave