Re: Manually Register MyODBC?

Daniel Kasak <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.odbc
Organization NUS Consulting
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 01:55 -0500, Jess Balint wrote:

> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 04:26:43PM +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> > > There should be a utility called myodbc3i.exe that can register the
> > > driver.
> > 
> > Yeah I've tried that one too. Didn't do anything.
> 
> Any error message?

No. Fails basically silently:

dkasak@dkasak
~/documents/myodbc/mysql-connector-odbc-noinstall-3.51.15-win32/bin $
~/.cxoffice/bin/wine myodbc3i.exe 
Using the default (win98) bottle.
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x62
dkasak@dkasak
~/documents/myodbc/mysql-connector-odbc-noinstall-3.51.15-win32/bin $ 

( sorry about text wrapping )

> > But it still doesn't work. I get an error:
> > 
> > The setup routines for the MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver ODBC driver could not
> > be loaded due to system error code 126.
> > 
> >  ... and then another error:
> > 
> > Could not load the setup or translator library.
> 
> I've seen this error before, but I think it was due to the setup library
> either missing or referencing the wrong path. You might not need the
> setup lib if you also create the DSNs with myodbc3i.exe or enter them
> directly into the registry.

DSNs in the registry, eh? I'll look at another Windows box and see if I
can do this, but I don't hold out much hope.

> > I tested this a couple of years ago, and had it working ... 3.51.06 or
> > so ... but I can't use this version because it can't authenticate
> > against newer MySQL servers.
> 
> I'm not sure if any changes would prevent this. Also, you know there is
> an 'old password' feature that allows older clients to connect?

Yeah I know. At the moment, that's at the bottom of the list of options,
but the list is getting smaller quickly ...

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