RE: ODBC download problems

Ryan,

My recollections are getting a little bit clearer.

I was never able to get the 3.51 ODBC driver working.  I had the same
problem that you describe (install and no driver in the ODBC list).  There
was a solution to that which involved some registry manipulation if I recall
correctly.  However even after that the ODBC driver didn't seem to operate
properly.  I was puzzled because other people seemed to get it working but
there were a lot of problem reports at that time.

As I said, I gave up and used an OCX for direct connection to the database.

However, there is a later version of the ODBC driver with both 32 and 64 bit
drivers for windows.  Here's the URL for the 64 bit driver:

 http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/5.1.html#winx64

I don't know if there are compatibility issues between the 5.1 version and
whatever MySQL version you're running.

Hope this helps,



Lawson Cronlund
[email protected]
+1(480)308-0641 (voice)
+1(602)996-0376 (fax)
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Hunter (PersonalFA) [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:30 PM
To: Lawson Cronlund
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ODBC download problems

Lawson,

I appreciate the help.

I had the driver installed on my old PC is there anything I can do to 
transfer it and all the necessary files and registry over to my new pc?

Do you have any other ideas?

I don't know how else to connect to the mySQL database that I have on my web

host.  It looks like the only MySQL ODBC driver they offer is the 3.51 
version.

I would appreciate any help you could offer.

Thank you,

Ryan

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From: "Lawson Cronlund" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:22 PM
To: "'Ryan Hunter (PersonalFA)'" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: ODBC download problems

> Ryan,
>
> Sorry about the typo (63 vs. 64).  I guess that wasn't your problem.  I 
> went
> through a lot of trouble to discover that Vista only presented the 64 bit
> ODBC drivers and thought it might have been the trouble.  The odbcad32.exe
> program display the list of 32 bit ODBC drivers.
>
> I recall of the ODBC drivers where they didn't show up in the ODBC list
> until some magic incantation was done.  I can't remember the steps 
> involved
> in getting the driver to show up but it was when I was using one of the 
> 3.51
> versions.  I eventually gave up and used a connector that I could compile
> into my program to get the MySQL data.
>
> Sorry I can't help.  Good luck.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Lawson Cronlund
> [email protected]
> +1(480)308-0641 (voice)
> +1(602)996-0376 (fax)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Hunter (PersonalFA) [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:37 PM
> To: Lawson Cronlund
> Subject: Re: ODBC download problems
>
> Lawson,
>
> I appreciate the feedback.  I checked to see if I could find the drivers 
> in
> the directory you referenced, and I had a SysWOW64 directory not 63.  I 
> did
> see a file called odbcad32 but am unfamiliar with what to do once I get
> there.  It appears to open up the ODBC administrator but don't see 
> anything
> for MySQL ODBC driver 3.51 etc.  Maybe I am just missing something.  I
> apologize again, but am not that tech savy when it comes to some of this
> stuff.
>
> I really appreciate any help you can give to me.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ryan Hunter
> (205) 586-5790
> [email protected]
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Lawson Cronlund" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:07 PM
> To: "'Ryan Hunter (PersonalFA)'" <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: ODBC download problems
>
>> Ryan,
>>
>> I've had a problem with ODBC in Vista64.  Vista64 seems to show only the
>> 64
>> bit ODBC drivers in the control panel.
>>
>> I've had to go to:
>>
>>      C:\Windows\SysWOW63\odbcad32.exe
>>
>> to see the 32 bit ODBC drivers.
>>
>> Since the only install I saw in your email was for the 32 bit driver this
>> might be the problem I've experienced.
>>
>> I don't know if this is the problem you're having but I hope it helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lawson Cronlund
>> [email protected]
>> +1(480)308-0641 (voice)
>> +1(602)996-0376 (fax)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ryan Hunter (PersonalFA) [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 7:53 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: ODBC download problems
>>
>> Maybe you can help me out.  I am having trouble using the MySQL ODBC
>> Driver
>> 3.51.
>>
>> I am using Windows Vista 64 bit home premium.
>>
>> I went to your website last night to download the odbc and downloaded the
>> mysql-connector-odbc-noinstall-3.51.27-winx64 drivers and tried to 
>> install
>> them.  When I unzip the files and click on the install.bat file a window
>> pops up for less than 1 second and then disappears.  I still can not see
>> the
>>
>> odbc drivers anywhere on my pc.
>>
>> I went to the forums to try to get help and was directed to this page:
>> http://mysql.oss.eznetsols.org/Downloads/Connector-ODBC/3.51/
>>
>> I clicked on this download and ran the wizard which seemed to work fine
>> mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-win32.msi
>>
>> However, after I ran the wizard I didn't see any new programs or the
>> drivers
>>
>> still.
>>
>> I apologize, but I am not that experienced with MySQL or it's products.
>>
>> Bottom line is that I am trying to install the MySQL ODBC 3.51 driver on
>> my
>> home pc but am not having any luck doing so.
>>
>> I would appreciate any help that you can give to me.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>
> 


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