Re: odbc

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Marc Fromm <Marc(dot)Fromm(at)wwu(dot)edu> wrote:

> I am running postgres on a red hat linux server.
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> postgresql-python-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-test-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-libs-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-docs-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-pl-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> *postgresql-odbc-08.01.0200-3.1*
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> postgresql-jdbc-8.1.407-1jpp.4
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> postgresql-server-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-1.el5_6.1
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> User on windows computers would like to odbc to the postgres databases.
>
> I downloaded the windows postgres odbc drivers from the following site and
> installed version “psqlodbc-08_01_0200” on the windows computer.
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> http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/odbc/versions/msi/
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>
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> When I configure a “File Data Source” connection in access, I cannot
> connect to the postgresql database. I get the message, “A connection could
> not be made using the file data source parameters entered. Save non-verified
> file DSN?”
>
> The parameters entered are:
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> Database: database_name
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> Server: I entered the IP address of the server
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> User Name: I entered postgres
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> Password:
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> SSL Mode: prefer
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> Port: 5432 (which is the port used by postgres)
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>
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> Do I need to configure the /etc/odbc.ini file? It is currently just a blank
> file.
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> Thanks for any help.
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>
You also need to make sure postgresql is listening on a public IP address
AND you don't have any intervening filewall -- hostbased or otherwise. Be
default, redhad does not allow connections to port 5432 via its standard
rule set. I would install something like pgadmin on the windows client and
see if that will allow you to connect first. If pgadmin connects, then its
likely and odbc config issue.

>
>
> Marc
>

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