Re: mySQL and SQLDriverConnect

Igor Korot wrote:

>Nick,
>
>-----Original Message-----
>  
>
>>From: Nick Gorham <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Jun 13, 2008 5:03 PM
>>To: Igor Korot <[email protected]>, Development issues and topics for unixODBC <[email protected]>
>>Subject: Re: [unixODBC-dev] mySQL and SQLDriverConnect
>>
>>Igor Korot wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi, ALL,
>>>It looks like mySQL people don't use SQLDriverConnect at all... ;-)
>>>
>>>I'm trying to connect to the mySQL server locally using the ODBC driver from mySQL site
>>>with unixODBC-2.2.12. And I'm using SQLDriverConnect in my C++ program.
>>>
>>>When I tried to use isql I get the connection without any problems. I issued:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Check that the driver build is using the libodbcinst.so API to access 
>>the ini file, if not it may be doing its own thing and not finding it. 
>>Try setting theenv var ODBCINI to the odbc.ini you are using.
>>    
>>
>
>2 points:
>
>1. isql works:
>
>isql test root
>
>but it uses SQLConnect to get a connection, so it does not tell us anything,
>right?
>
>2. SQLDriverConnect() function is overridden inside the mySQL driver. But it
>should call the function from the ODBC API, and then fall down to the driver one,
>right?
>  
>
Yes, all the DM does, is look for a DSN= or DRIVER= in the connection 
string, and use that toi decide what drive to load, then it loads that 
driver and passes the call with the arguments the same onto the driver.

-- 
Nick
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