RE: Trouble Installing MyODBC Connector - SOLVED

Thank you to everyone who responded to this question.  The solution came from 
forums.mysql.com, in a thread titled “MyODBC Driver doesn’t show up on driver 
list.”

The problem was with the registry which was keeping several drivers from 
showing up.  There is a very excellent description of how to solve the problem 
written by Mark LaCroix (he acknowleges credit due to others as well.)  This 
post resolved my problem exactly, and it is apparently somewhat common.

Thanks everyone,

-Katherine

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From: Simpson, Katherine 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:54 PM
To: myodbc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Trouble Installing MyODBC Connector

Hello List -

I'm attempting to install the ODBC Connector (I've tried 3.51.12, 3.51.16, 
5.0.11) on a Windows XP Pro machine.  The installation seems to be successful, 
but when I try to add the data source (via ODBC Data Source Administrator) the 
new driver is not listed.

When I installed the two different v3 distributions, no path was displayed in 
the installer and no option to identify the path.  The installer told me the 
installation succeeded, but I can't find the driver in the data source admin.

When I installed v.5, the path was verified in the installer (c:\Program 
Files\MySQL\MySQL Connector ODBC 5.0) and after the installation I found the 
files there.  But still no driver in the data source admin.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Katherine Simpson
katherine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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