RE: How to get ODBC going? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

After some clues from the good people of the mailing list, plus some
detective work, I have figured out where the roadblock was.  In short, it
looks like I was getting the 16-bit ODBC manager from the Windows 95 Control
Panel.  The 32-bit one is what I needed, but it was nowhere in evidence.  I
finally did a search for all files matching *odbc*.exe, and bingo!
odbcadm.exe is the old one, and odbcad32.exe is the new one, which has the
tabs for DSNs, etc. that I couldn't figure out what everyone was talking
about.

Further, the instructions on the web site are still lacking in some details,
some of which you were able to fill in for me.  I haven't had time to work
on it any more since then, since I've been in a training class most of the
week.  (In fact, I had hoped to get an ODBC link to Postgres up & running
for the class, but we ended up having to use MS SQL Server instead.)  Maybe
I can still find a role for Postgres somewhere ...

Anyway, thanks to everyone that helped!  (especially David Boerwinkle and
Patrick Wolf).

           -- Warren



-----Original Message-----
From:    davidb@vectormath.com [mailto:davidb@vectormath.com]
Sent:    Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:48 PM
To:    Warren Odom
Subject:    Re: [NOVICE] How to get ODBC going?

I am not familiar with this interface.  I recommend you submit this to the
General list.  If you are not on the General list and do not wish to join
it, I could submit it for you.  Just out of curiosity, what do you get when
you click on the setup button?

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Odom <warren-odom@stenocall.com>
To: davidb@vectormath.com <davidb@vectormath.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: [NOVICE] How to get ODBC going?


<<1. You've downloaded the PsqlODBC driver AND installed it on your Win95
machine?>>

Yesterday.  File name postdrv.exe from the Postgres web site.  I have
Windows 95 B, by the way.

<<2. You've gone to Start/Settings/Control Panel and opened ODBC (or
ODBC32,
or whatever its called)?>>

Yes.  My control panel says ODBC, not ODBC32.

<<3. You've selected the System DSN tab and clicked on the Add button?>>

There is no System DSN tab.  There are just buttons:  Close, Help, Setup,
Delete, Add, Drivers down the right (top to bottom); and Option at bottom
left.  It gives me a scrolling list that contains in part:

         dBASE files (Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf) (32 bit))
         Excel files (Microsoft Excel driver (*.xls) (32 bit))
         MQIS(SQL Server (32 bit))
         MS Access 97 Database (Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) (32 bit))

.... etc.  Nary a Postgres among them.  When I click on "Add..." or
"Drivers..." there is no Postgres listed either.

I guess this is a strong clue.  But what to do about it?

           -- Warren