Hi, I installed PostgreSQL but the pgsql ODBC driver didn't appear in the Windows XP Data Sources drivers list. I
lookedin the Windows registry and all the keys were the way they should be, but still no PostgreSQL ODBC driver!
Googling, I found the following entry on the Oracle(!) forum (see
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=254411&tstart=15):
dcpanton@canada...
wrote:
> Re: ODBC Driver Install Problem.
> Posted: May 22, 2005 4:57 PM
in response to: raiford
Reply
> dunno if this will fix your problem, but it fixed mine...
> Apparently there's a bug in a version of MySQL that inserts an invalid entry into
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers
> Solution:
> Export the "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers" key.
> edit the exported file to remove the line "@=" and save it. (anything below this line doesn't show up in ODBC Admin
list)
> delete the registry key.
> merge your saved key file.
This worked in my situation.
Howard B. Golden
