Re: BEST odbc driver for windows MS Access

I posted my question at utteraccess.com and was directed to this link as the
best odbc driver for postgres

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/psqlodbc/

I am wondering how it differs (or if it differs) from the odbc which was
installed automatically when I installed pgsql.

That link leads to this link for Window

http://pgfoundry.org/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=216

The page at the first mentioned link ALSO least to this page

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/

and it is at THIS LINK that I find great confusion as to WHICH ODBC driver I
should be downloading for my DELL Windows XP

since it says

PARENT DIRECTORY

DLL

MM

MSI

OLD

SRC

And the DLL link shows a myriad of zipped choices for download, at the top
of the list being

psqlodbc-07_01_0007.zip
<http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=odbc%2Fversions%2
Fdll%2Fpsqlodbc-07_01_0007.zip>

SO, if anyone has any guidance in this matter, I would be most grateful

Thanks!

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From: pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of K. Kelly Close
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:02 PM
Cc: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ODBC] BEST odbc driver for windows MS Access

I am not yet using Access as a front end to pgsql, but it is something I
would like to get set up in the future, and I AM in the very early stages of
developing an application which has an Excel front end to pgsql, and the
data connection issues here may be very similar. I am currently comparing
the use of ODBC vs. OLEDB (with ADO in VBA) to connect to pgsql and pull
data in. I think OLEDB will be faster and more stable...IF a good OLEDB
driver for pgsql exists, that is. And if not, will I have to go thru
MSQuery to get to pgsql via ODBC? I hope not...

So I don't have an answer for Karabac, but I'll looking at the same
questions and I'll post what I find. And if anyone has thoughts or
experience on OLEDB vs. ODBC for connecting to pgsql from Microsoft
software, I'd love to hear of them!

~Kelly

Karebac wrote:

I installed pgsql yesterday on my windows xp. I was under the impression
that I needed to also download and install a specific odbc driver so that MS
Access could link to pgsql tables. Someone explained to me that an ODBC
automatically installs now, when I install pgsql. Sure enough, they were
right. I was able to find an ODBC driver and link MS Access to pgsql.

My question is this: Is that default odbc driver, which installs with pgsql
the best one to use for MS Access? I notice that there are a confusing
array of odbc drivers to download. What is the difference between all of
them. How can one decide which is best for a particular purpose, such as MS
Access.

Do many of you use MS Access as a front end to pgsql?

Thanks!

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