Re: setting up PostgreSQL on Linux RHL9 to allow ODBC connections

There's nothing on the server side that needs to be configured for
Windows clients to access Postgres via ODBC. As long as TCP/IP is turned
on. Just add a data source and configure the server
ip/name/port/database/etc.

SCassidy(at)overlandstorage(dot)com wrote:
> Hi,
> I have seen a bunch of different documentation on how to set up to allow
> ODBC, but I am a little confused about how much/what has to be set up to
> allow an ODBC connection from Windows (mostly 2003, some XP) to an existing
> PostgreSQL (7.4.6) database on Linux (RedHat 9 version 2.4.20-6smp).
>
> Most of the documentation is talking about setting up Unix to Unix odbc, or
> Windows to Windows, not Windows to Unix/Linux.
>
> Some documentation talks about installing the "full" distribution on
> Windows, but I just want to allow some Windows software that "speaks" ODBC
> (SilkTest) to be able to connect to an existing database.
>
>
> In the document
> http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/psqlodbc/genpage.php?howto-redhat, it
> says to download rpms and install them, but I don't really see any rpms for
> this. I see source distributions at
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/src/, but nothing for version
> 7.4, just 7.3 and 8.0. I am reluctant to upgrade to 8.0, as I am not sure
> it is stable yet, and my installation is running so well.
>
>
> The howto-redhat document also talks about running:
>
>
>
>
> psql -d template1 -f /usr/share/pgsql/odbc.sql
>
>
>
>
>
> to modify template1, but what about existing databases?
>
> I'm somewhat nervous about doing anything to potentially mess up anything
> on my Linux server, as this is a production database.
>
> Then, you have to set up the iodbc driver manager, etc. On this server, I
> have had some issues with using rpm's in the past, and have often had to
> resort to building things myself (configure, make, etc.)
>
> I'm also not sure about how to specify a DSN to do the connection from the
> Windows side (I'm primarily a Unix/Linux person).
>
> Does anyone have any specific advice/experiences to offer on setting this
> up as simply as possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Susan
>
>
>
>
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