Re: XA registry entries are missing from 64-bit install

On 06/12/2014 11:52 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> A customer has pointed out as part of debugging an ODBC and MSDTC
> related test case that the registry entries registering pgxalib.dll as a
> valid XA transaction provider are not installed by the 64-bit MSI.
>
> They're correctly created by the 32-bit installer MSI, at least on
> 64-bit Windows, where they appear in syswow64.
>
> The missing entry is:
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSDTC\XADLL]
> "pgxalib.dll"="C:\Program Files\psqlODBC\0901\bin\pgxalib.dll"
>
> but
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MSDTC\XADLL]
> "pgxalib.dll"="C:\Program Files (x86)\psqlODBC\0901\bin\pgxalib.dll"

Oh, I forgot to mention the relevant MSDN article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817066

which documents these entries and when they're required.

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