Re: Does psqlODBC actually work on osx?

(2014/11/05 15:54), Malcolm MacLeod wrote:

> I've tracked this down to the getDSNInfo function inside dlg_specific.c
> It checks only INI_SERVER and not SPEC_SERVER - while other parts of the
> code check both, this leads to inconsistent behaviour.

It's never inconsistent.
The driver allows short form keywords ABBR_XXXX of keywords INI_XXXX in
connection
strings but doesn't allow them in DSN entries.
The short form keywords are for applications which can handle only short
connection
strings.

SPEC_SERVER is a short form of INI_SERVER.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

> If I use e.g. iodbctestw
> "DSN=test;UID=postgres;PWD=postgres13;SERVERNAME=10.0.0.3" it bypasses
> the ini reading and works as expected.

> I attempted a quick patch to make getDSNInfo check both and after doing
> that it works as expected, personally I think this should be fixed to
> check for both.
>
> Thanks for all the help.
> - Malcolm MacLeo

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