Odbc Postgresql Driver Review
: The ANSI driver is effectively dead. Microsoft has deprecated ANSI ODBC APIs. Use the Unicode driver even for legacy ASCII data – the driver converts correctly. 10. Configuration Example for Production A well-tuned DSN entry ( /etc/odbc.ini ):
| Variant | Target | Unicode | Threading | Notes | |---------|--------|---------|-----------|-------| | | Legacy apps (ASCII) | No – uses char | Safe | For old VB6, Delphi, or Access 97. | | Unicode | Modern apps (UTF-16/8) | Yes – uses SQLWCHAR | Safe | Recommended for all new development. | odbc postgresql driver
[pg_production] Driver = PostgreSQL Unicode Server = 10.0.1.100 Port = 5432 Database = erp UID = readonly_user PWD = strongpassword UseServerSidePrepare = 1 UseDeclareFetch = 0 Fetch = 500 ByteaAsLongVarBinary = 1 BoolsAsChar = 1 LFConversion = 0 TrueIsMinus1 = 0 TextAsLongVarchar = 0 Debug = 0 CommLog = 0 And the matching /etc/odbcinst.ini : : The ANSI driver is effectively dead

