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 the Unicode version with either Unicode or ASCII character sets.
On Windows environments, there are also two ways that you can install only the ODBC driver:
▪ Run the main installation program, select Custom installation, select ODBC (clear Server and Samples) and follow the instructions to complete the installation.
▪ Run the standalone Windows 32-bit or 64-bit ODBC driver installer.
On Linux and UNIX environments, you can copy the ODBC driver library file to a client computer from an environment where you have installed solidDB.
Windows
In Windows environments, the solidDB installation program installs the ODBC drivers and the following system Data Source Names (DSN) automatically, where ver is the solidDB version. You can also add you own user DSNs.
▪ Windows 32-bit operating systems:
– solidDB ver 32-bit – ANSI
– solidDB ver 32-bit – Unicode
▪ Windows 64-bit operating systems:
– solidDB ver 64-bit – ANSI
– solidDB ver 64-bit – Unicode
Linux and UNIX
In Linux and UNIX environments, the ODBC driver library files are installed in the following directories:
▪ Dynamic library files: install_dir/bin/:
▪ sac<platform><version>.sa or sac<platform><version>.so (ANSI)
▪ soc<platform><version>.sa or soc<platform><version>.so (Unicode)
▪ Static library files: install_dir/lib/:
▪ solidodbca.sa or solidodbca.so (ANSI)
▪ solidodbcu.sa or solidodbcu.so (Unicode)
The file extension .sa or .so depends on the operating system.