Bridging the Gap: Using the PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC Driver on Windows 7
The standard solution is the PostgreSQL ODBC driver (psqlODBC). However, many users run into a specific hurdle: . If your legacy application doesn't understand Unicode, the standard 64-bit driver won't work. You need the PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC Driver .
If you try to use the standard Unicode driver with these old apps, you’ll likely see garbled text ( ???? ), truncated strings, or the driver simply failing to appear in the ODBC Data Source Administrator list.