32-bit ODBC Linked Server from 64 bit SQL Server

["Jeff Crumbley" <jeffc(at)iilogistics(dot)com>]

Hello,

 

I have successfully created a linked server in my 32 bit test environment using Windows 2003 R2 server to Postgres on SCO Unix.  I can query Postgres and run stored procedures from SQL Server and return information from Postgres with no problems.   Where I have encountered issues is that my production environment is 64 bit Windows 2003 R2 and 64 bit SQL Server 2005.  The issue is that even though I can install and configure the 32 bit version of the ODBC driver, the 64 bit version of SQL Server will not recognize the 32 bit ODBC driver.  This makes it so I cannot create a linked server in SQL Server using this ODBC driver and hence run stored procedures that pull data from Postgres.

 

I don’t want to downgrade a production machine (because it won’t be easy) and it seems like such an easy fix.  The pieces are there they just won’t talk.  Does anyone know of a 64 bit Postgres driver (and possibly how to configure it) or have any other ideas on how to resolve this?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jeff Crumbley