Re: psqlODBC on OSX problems

On 04/12/2017 10:04 AM, Jonathan Byrd wrote:
> disclaimer: Mac is not my primary develop env.
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> Env. iMac OSX Sierra latest patches as of 2017-04-01
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> Background: I need to connect the app Stata via ODBC to the Postgres
> 9.5.6 instance (EnterpriseDB build/installer).

I thought EDB shipped a ODBC driver through the StackBuilder portion of
the install. Have you checked there?

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> A few versions ago Mac stopped shipping their native ODBC manager so I
> installed iODBC Manager (via iODBC.org)
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> I got a DSN created and successfully talking to the DB but Stata
> wouldn't recognize it.
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> Assuming something was corrupted or permissions weren't correct I
> uninstalled iODBC and removed some files in various directories to start
> fresh.
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> I reinstalled iODBC, I can see the drivers, but when I try to add a dsn
> or go to the "Configure Drivers" tab and simply click "OK" on closing I
> get a "General Installer Error".

Which version of iODBC?

How did you install it?

Also the highest I see the prepackaged dmg's for OS X go is OS X
10.11(El Capitan). Nothing about 10.12(Sierra)
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> Now I am thinking I must have removed some file/dir that was necessary I
> didn't know about. Does anyone have any insight on what I need to do to
> get it back to a "good state"?
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> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>

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