Installing solidDB® ODBC Driver

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Installing solidDB^® ODBC Driver

The solidDB^® installation program installs two ODBC Drivers: one for Unicode and one for ASCII. The Unicode version is a superset of the ASCII version; you can use it with either Unicode or ASCII character sets. On Windows environments, you can also use the solidDB^® installation program to install only the ODBC driver.

Windows

In Windows environments, the solidDB^® installation program installs the ODBC drivers and the following system Data Source Names (DSN) automatically. You can also add you own user DSNs.

▪Windows 32-bit operating systems:

– solidDB^® 100 32-bit – ANSI

– solidDB^® 100 32-bit – Unicode

▪Windows 64-bit operating systems:

– solidDB^® 100 64-bit – ANSI

– solidDB^® 100 64-bit – Unicode

Linux and UNIX

In Linux and UNIX environments, the ODBC driver library files are installed to the following directories:

<solidDB installation directory>/bin/: dynamic library files

– sac<platform><version>.sa or sac<platform><version>.so – ANSI

– soc<platform><version>.sa or soc<platform><version>.so – Unicode

<solidDB installation directory>/lib/: static library files

– solidodbca.sa or solidodbca.so – ANSI

– solidodbcu.sa or solidodbcu.so – Unicode

The file extension .sa or .so depends on the operating system.

Installing ODBC drivers without solidDB^® installation (Windows)

To install the ODBC drivers without installing solidDB^® in Windows environments:

1 Start the solidDB^® installation program.

2 Select Custom installation.

3 Select ODBC (clear Server and Samples).

4 Follow the displayed instructions to complete the installation.

Installing ODBC drivers without solidDB^® installation (Linux and UNIX)

To install the ODBC drivers without installing solidDB^® in Linux and UNIX environments:

1 Install solidDB^® using the installation program.

2 Copy the ODBC driver library file to your client node.

Related concepts

Using solidDB^® ODBC Driver with unixODBC