Fw: Connector/ODBC on Windows - Cannot see it in the drivers list

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna and/or Kenneth Russell" <karusse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Pradnya Dharia" <pradnya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Connector/ODBC on Windows - Cannot see it in the drivers list


> Hello Pradnya,
>
> My name is Kenneth Russell and I am a new user or Linux and MySQL.
> Apparently a large number of people have had the same problem with the
MySQL
> ODBC driver and Windows XP.  I was one of them.
>
> I was able to solve the problem with the help of someone on the ODBC
mailing
> list.  I will forward you a copy of his message to me and a reply from me
in
> which I described what solved my problem.
>
> I found the major cause of my problem to be the absense of a file called
> "ODBCINST.INI" in the Windows directory.  Somehow, the MySQL ODBC driver
> installation routine deleted that file on my system.  The first thing to
do
> is check for the existance of this file on your system.
>
> If you will respond and let me know how sophisticated a computer user you
> are, I can taylor any follow-up help to your knowledge level.  I am not a
> professional computer person.  I have just gained a good deal of knowledge
> over the years through self-study.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pradnya Dharia" <pradnya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <myodbc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:33 PM
> Subject: Connector/ODBC on Windows - Cannot see it in the drivers list
>
>
> >
> >  Hello,
> >      I am trying to install the connector/ODBC for mysql on Windows XP
> > professional. I downloaded the latest production release (3.51). After
> > installing it, when I tried to see the name in the list of drivers under
> > 'administrative tools' I did not find the name of the driver. The
> respective
> > DLL files are present in the Windows/System32 folder. Even then I am
> unable
> > to create a data source because I cannot see the name in the list.
> >
> >      Does anyone know what I need to do or install more.
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >  Pradnya Dharia
> >
> >
> >
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