Re: AIX 7.2 install psqlodbc with error

Hello,

We don't have an AIX machine to test on.

I would try the latest version, you can get it
https://github.com/postgresql-interfaces/psqlodbc

I'd also post this there as there may be someone using AIX that can help
out.
Dave Cramer
www.postgres.rocks

On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 at 08:07, <hlloo(at)hko(dot)gov(dot)hk> wrote:

> Dear Guru,
>
> The issue happened when I do below with 'Illegal instruction(coredump):
>
> >isql -v test_pg
> Illegal instruction(coredump)
>
> >odbcinst -j
> unixODBC 2.3.9
> DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
> SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
> FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
> USER DATA SOURCES..: /etc/odbc.ini
> SQLULEN Size.......: 8
> SQLLEN Size........: 8
> SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8
> Illegal instruction(coredump)
>
>
> *My Questions: *
> 1. Does psqlodbc is not supported to install or use with AIX 64bit server
> as remote connecting to other postgres server?
> 2. My download of psqlodbc is wrong?
> 3. Any clues my steps in-correct or any good way to install psqlodbc ? (I
> eventally need this driver to configure AIX oracle DBlink to read Postgres
> Data)
>
>
> *Below are the setup step I did: *
>
> I download psqlodbc-13.02.0000.tar.gz from
> https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/odbc/versions.old/src/psqlodbc-13.02.0000.tar.gz
>
> cd psqlodbc-13.02.0000
> chown -R root:system *
>
> autoconfig -i
>
> ./configure ODBCVER=0x0351 CPPFLAGS="-DSQLCOLATTRIBUTE_SQLLEN"
> --with-libpq=/usr/local/pgsql --with-unixodbc=/opt/freeware/bin
> --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr/local \
> --build=powerpc-ibm-aix --host=powerpc-ibm-aix CC="gcc -maix64" CXX="g++
> -maix64"
>
> ...
> checking for library containing SQLGetPrivateProfileString... -lodbcinst
> checking for pthread_create in -lpthreads... yes
> checking for PQsetSingleRowMode in -lpq... no
> configure: error: libpq library version >= 9.2 is required <==== [found
> no solution to fix error like this]
>
>
> Thus, then try manual compile:
>
> # Build object files individually
> for file in *.c; do
> if [ "$file" != "odbcapi30.c" ]; then
> gcc $CFLAGS -c -fPIC $file -o ${file%.c}.o
> fi
> done
> gcc $CFLAGS -DSQLColAttribute=my_SQLColAttribute -c -fPIC odbcapi30.c -o
> odbcapi30.o
> gcc -maix64 -shared -o psqlodbc.so *.o $LDFLAGS $LIBS -Wl,-G -Wl,-brtl
>
> >ls psqlodbc*
> psqlodbc.c psqlodbc.def psqlodbc.dsp psqlodbc.h
> psqlodbc.o psqlodbc.rc psqlodbc.reg psqlodbc.sln
> psqlodbc.so psqlodbc.vcproj psqlodbca.def
>
>
>
> *My environment*
>
> I target to have psqlodbc installing to AIX7.2:
>
> >oslevel -s
> 7200-04-02-2028
>
> >prtconf -c
> CPU Type: 64-bit
>
> >bootinfo -K
> 64
>
> ODBC driver version 2.3.9
> PostgreSQL version 11.9
>
> Due to AIX 7.2 available psqlodbc that I can find and trying the download
> psqlodbc-13.02.0000 download
>
>
>
> Currently has unixodbc installed and OK to use.
>
>
>
>
> resulted coredump
>
>
>
>
> >file /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so
> /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so: 64-bit XCOFF executable or object
> module not stripped
> ~root(at)gapoc1:/oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000~
>
>
>
>
> >dump -Hv -X64 /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so
>
> /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so:
>
> ***Loader Section***
> Loader Header Information
> VERSION# #SYMtableENT #RELOCent LENidSTR
> 0x00000001 0x00000268 0x0000063b 0x00000096
>
> #IMPfilID OFFidSTR LENstrTBL OFFstrTBL
> 0x00000007 0x00009da8 0x00002bca 0x00009e3e
>
>
> ***Import File Strings***
> INDEX PATH BASE MEMBER
> 0 /opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib
> 1 libpq.a libpq.so.5
> 2 libodbc.a libodbc.so.2
> 3 libodbcinst.a libodbcinst.so.2
> 4 libgcc_s.a shr.o
> 5 libc.a shr_64.o
> 6 ..
> ~root(at)gapoc1:/oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000~
> >
>
>
>
> >ldd /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so
> /oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000/psqlodbc.so needs:
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpq.a(libpq.so.5)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libodbc.a(libodbc.so.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libodbcinst.a(libodbcinst.so.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libgcc_s.a(shr.o)
> /usr/lib/libc.a(shr_64.o)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libtcl8.6.a(libtcl8.6.so)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libldap_r.a(libldap_r-2.4.so.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8)
> /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5_64.o)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.1.0.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libssl.a(libssl.so.1.0.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a(libiconv.so.2)
> /usr/lib/libpthread.a(shr_xpg5_64.o)
> /unix
> /usr/lib/libcrypt.a(shr_64.o)
> /usr/lib/libdl.a(shr_64.o)
> /opt/freeware/lib/liblber.a(liblber-2.4.so.2)
> /opt/freeware/lib/libsasl2.a(libsasl2.so.3)
> /usr/lib/libs.a(shr_64.o)
> ~root(at)gapoc1:/oracle/psqlodbc-13.02.0000~
>
> I very appreciate you shed a light to this issue.
>
> Regards
> Hilda