Solution for pgsql odbc driver missing from Windows data sources drivers list

Hi, I installed PostgreSQL but the pgsql ODBC driver didn't appear in the Windows XP Data Sources drivers list. I looked in 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(at)canada(dot)(dot)(dot)
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