Solution for pgsql odbc driver missing from Windows data sources drivers list

["Howard B. Golden" <howard_b_golden(at)yahoo(dot)com>]

Hi, I installed PostgreSQL but the pgsql ODBC driver didn't appear in the Windows XP Data Sources drivers list. I looked in the Windows registry and all the keys were the way they should be, but still no PostgreSQL ODBC driver!



Googling, I found the following entry on the Oracle(!) forum (see http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=254411&tstart=15):



                                     dcpanton(at)canada(dot)(dot)(dot)                                                                                                                                                                             
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> Re: ODBC Driver Install Problem.                                           

                                                                > Posted:                     May 22, 2005 4:57 PM                                                                                                                                                    in response to:                                  raiford                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Reply                                                                                                                      

                                                                                               

                     > dunno if this will fix your problem, but it fixed mine...



> Apparently there's a bug in a version of MySQL that inserts an invalid entry into



> HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers



> Solution:



> Export the "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\ODBC Drivers" key.



> edit the exported file to remove the line "@=" and save it. (anything below this line doesn't show up in ODBC Admin list)



> delete the registry key.



> merge your saved key file.




This worked in my situation.

Howard B. Golden