Re: [INTERFACES] ODBC Driver for Linux

Lamar Owen wrote:
>
> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Joseph A. Martin wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I need an ODBC driver that I can run under Linux. I am running
> > PostgreSQL 6.5.1 on a Mandrake 6.0. I have tried the driver that is
> > distributed under the filename pgodbc-0.11.tgz. I have also seen on
> > the PostODBC home page that its source has been ported to Linux. I
> > downloaded the source code and could find no Linux build instructions
> > or makefiles. Where can I find a Linux ODBC driver for PostgreSQL?
>
I compiled a RPM for Mandrake 6.1 yesterday. I'll upload it to
ftp.linux-mandrake.com/incoming on monday 99/10/18.

It works with PostgreSQL and StarOffice 5.1

> You may want to consider trying the RPM set released for RedHat 6.1 --
> available for RedHat 6.0 on my website, www.ramifordistat.net. The set, which
> is 6.5.2-1, should work fine under Mandrake 6.0. The ODBC driver is included in
> the set by default -- I have not as of yet set it up myself, but I do need to
> do so for StarOffice shortly. If you try it, let me know how it goes.
>
> Lamar Owen
> WGCR Internet Radio
>
> ************

configuration files:

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/etc/odbcinst.ini
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[Postgresql]
Description = PGSQL 6.5.1
Driver = /usr/lib/libodbcpsql.so.1.0.0
Setup = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so.1.0.0
FileUsage = 1
Debug = 0

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/etc/odbc.ini
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[template1]
Description = template1
Driver = postgresql
Trace = No
Tracefile = /tmp/postgresql.log
Database = template1
Username =
Password =
Port = 5432
Protocol = 6.4
ReadOnly = No
RowVersioning = No
ShowSystemTables = No
ShowOidColumn = No
FakeOidIndex = No
ConnSettings =

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Technical University Dresden - department of computer science
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