Re: Windows ODBC Driver

From: Bill Todd <pg(at)dbginc(dot)com>
To: Greg Lindstrom <gslindstrom(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Windows ODBC Driver
Date: 2008-09-11 22:09:27
Message-ID: 48C99717.1020208@dbginc.com
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Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greg,
>
> * Greg Lindstrom (gslindstrom(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
>
>> I would like to connect to Postgres from Python running on a Windows box. I
>> need the ODBC driver to create a windows ODBC datasource. I've been looking
>> for two days and have found lots of dead links, but no drivers. Can someone
>> please help me locate a driver so I can connect?
>>
>
> I would guess this is what you're looking for?:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Stephen
>
FWIW I cannot get the ODBC driver to work correctly with ADO and the OLE
DB provider for ODBC. It sees TEXT fields as VARCHAR instead of
LONGVARCHAR. I do not know if the problem is at the ODBC level or the
ADO level but test carefully if you are going to use TEXT fields.

Bill

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