Difference between revisions of "Create ODBC source"

Revision as of 12:14, 6 April 2016

	In order to create an ODBC source the PostGreSQL driver has to be installed. The drivers may be downloaded from here and installation instructions may be found here.

Start the ODBC manager

On a computer with 32 bits operating system where you installed the 32-bits driver, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Data Sources (ODBC)
On a computer with 64 bits operating system where you installed the 32-bits driver, start C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
On a computer with 64 bits operating system where you installed the 64-bits driver, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Data Sources (ODBC).

Go to System DSN tab and click on Add

Select PostgreSQL Unicode driver and click on Finish button

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-{{Note | In order to create an ODBC source the PostGreSQL driver has to be installed. The driver may be downloaded from [[Media:PGSQL_ODBC.zip | here]] and installation instructions may be found [[Installation ODBC driver | here]].}}
+{{Note | In order to create an ODBC source the PostGreSQL driver has to be installed. The drivers may be downloaded from '''[[Media:PGSQL_ODBC.zip | here]]''' and installation instructions may be found '''[[Installation ODBC driver | here]]'''.}}
 Start the ODBC manager
-:*On a computer with 32 bits operating system, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Data Sources (ODBC).
+:* On a computer with 32 bits operating system where you installed the 32-bits driver, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Data Sources (ODBC)
-:*On a computer with 64 bits operating system, start C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
+:* On a computer with '''64''' bits operating system where you installed the '''32-bits driver''', start C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
+:* On a computer with 64 bits operating system where you installed the 64-bits driver, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Data Sources (ODBC).
 [[Image:ODBC Source1.png|400px|center]]