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Is there a way to manually install ODBC drivers?

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Lifer
I'm trying to figure out how to install ODBC drivers (MyODBC, to be specific) across about 150 machines, to enable them to connect to a MySQL DB to automatically update their system stats. Do any of you know how I'd go about this? What .ini files to edit, what .dll's to copy? Can it be done?

Rob

 
<rant> I really, really hate the Microsft database stack </rant>

Sorry, I'm no help but I feel your pain 🙂 I've had to write InstallShield setups for installing things like jet driver support and it's always been way too much fun. The InstallShield.com and InstallSite.org have articles on this but they're oriented towards MS' own drivers.

The details of creating the right folders and registry key entries look like such a nightmare that for a CD-based project last year I gave up and made users install the full MDAC and jet installs 😛
 
Thanks for the sympathy (er, empathy?) Dave. 😀

I'm trying to work with a program called AIDA to have it automatically install the MyODBC drivers so that it can connect to my database, but even trying the "manual" package of files MyODBC provided, I can't figure it out. I keep getting:

CONFIGDSN: Unable to create a data source for the 'MySQL Driver': Could not load the setup or translator library. 😛

Rob
 
Gah. If there's an error code, msdn.microsoft.com might help.

Did you try installing the MDAC on the machine to see if it did some core setup "stuff" that would allw your install to complete?
 
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