Re: PostgreSQL driver not visible in windows control panel

Thanks Nils.

I forgot that the support staff started installing 64 bit machines.
Once I ran odbcad32.exe all of the 32 bit drivers reappeared and I was
able to move on to the next problem.

Thanks again!

Fred

>>> Nils Gösche<cartan(at)cartan(dot)de> 10/29/2012 11:01 AM >>>

Hi Fred!
You probably installed the 32 bit version of the driver, right? If you
open the ODBC dialog in the Control Panel, you see only the 64 bit
drivers. To see the 32 bit drivers, run

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

Regards,

--
Nils Gösche
"Don't ask for whom the <CTRL-G> tolls."

Von: pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] Im Auftrag von Fred Parkinson
Gesendet: Montag, 29. Oktober 2012 18:51
An: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Betreff: [ODBC] PostgreSQL driver not visible in windows control panel

One of the employees here is having trouble connecting to a postgreSQL
server, so while looking for the problem I opened Windows 7 control
panel > administrative tools > Data Sources (ODBC) >Drivers (tab) and
there are no postgreSQL drivers listed.

This employee can successfully connect to a different postgreSQL server
on a different web server, so I was startled to see no drivers.

How is this possible? Is windows hiding the drivers for some reason?
If so, how does one make Windows give up the information about the
driver(s)?

Any ideas about what is happening greatly appreciated.

Fred