Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 1785

20.1.4.4. Configuring a Connector/ODBC DSN on Mac OS X
To configure a DSN on Mac OS X, you can either use the command-line utility
with connector/ODBC 5.1, or
Library/ODBC
or earlier, refer to
create a User DSN or a System DSN. When adding a System DSN, you might need to authenticate
with the system. Click the padlock and enter a user and password with administrator privileges.
For correct operation of ODBC Administrator, ensure that the
set up ODBC connectivity and DSNs are writable by the
group, then the ODBC Administrator may fail, or may appear to work but not generate the correct entry.
To create a DSN using the
connection string. For example:
shell> myodbc3i -a -s -t"DSN=mydb;DRIVER=MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver;SERVER=mysql;USER=username;PASSWORD=pas
To use ODBC Administrator:
1. Open the ODBC Administrator from the
Configuring Connector/ODBC
with connector/OCBC 3.51), edit the
myodbc3i
directory of the user, or use the ODBC Administrator GUI. If you have Mac OS X 10.2
Section 20.1.4.5, "Configuring a Connector/ODBC DSN on
Warning
There are known issues with the Mac OS X ODBC Administrator and
Connector/ODBC that may prevent you from creating a DSN using this method.
In this case, use the command line or edit the
that existing DSNs or those that you create using the
tool can still be checked and edited using ODBC Administrator.
installer
utility, you need only specify the DSN type and the DSN
myodbc3i
/Library/ODBC/odbc.ini
group. If this file is not writable by this
admin
odbc.ini
folder in the
Utilities Applications
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(myodbc-installer
file within the
odbc.ini
Unix". Select whether to
file used to
file directly. Note
or
myodbc3i myodbc-
folder.