On 05/24/2017 07:07 AM, Pui Yin Pang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am quite new to PostgreSQL and I need some help to choose the ODBC
> driver to install on a new 64bit SQL server 2014 standard. It is on a
> Windows Server 2012 R2 OS that is recently set up.
>
> I need to set up a ODBC Data Sources and link server on the SQL server
> to query data on a 64bit PostgreSQL 9.4.5 server. The PostgreSQL is on a
> 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise OS.
>
> I go to this link
> https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/
>
> and download psqlodbc_09_06_0310-x64.zip
>
> and install it on the SQL server. Then I go to Server Manager
> >Tools>ODBC Data Sources (64-bit) > System DSN
>
> to create a new System Data Sources. When I click 'Test', it gives me an
> error message:
>
> Fatal:password authentication failed for user "dnddev"
>
> I create this new user and I tested the connection on another
> application so I know the password is correct.
Are you sure you are connecting to the same Postgres server in both cases?
>
> Do I need to install an older version of ODBC driver on the SQL server?
> If so, which one I should use? I try to find something like
> psqlodbc_09_04_..... but I do not see one.
>
> Thank you for the help.
>
> Pang
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