Setting up PostgreSQL ODBC on Windows

Question

I have the latest 64 bit version of PostgreSQL. I am running Win 7 64 bit. I had installed the ODBC driver (via the initial installer) when I installed PG, and upgraded it t

Answer 1

Installing psqlODBC on 64bit Windows

Though you can install 32 bit ODBC drivers on Win X64 as usual, you can't configure 32-bit DSNs via ordinary control panel or ODBC datasource administrator.

How to configure 32 bit ODBC drivers on Win x64

Configure ODBC DSN from %SystemRoot%\syswow64\odbcad32.exe

1. Start > Run
2. Enter: %SystemRoot%\syswow64\odbcad32.exe
3. Hit return.
4. Open up ODBC and select under the System DSN tab.
5. Select PostgreSQL Unicode

You may have to play with it and try different scenarios, think outside-the-box, remember this is open source.