

- #SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC MAC OS#
- #SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC INSTALL#
- #SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC DRIVERS#
For the other parameters such as 'HOSTNAME', please contact us at The PATH_TO_SSL_CERT should be the location where you placed the "ca-cert.pem" on your local hard drive. Noting that you will substitute "jharvard" and "PASSWORD " with your MariaDB username and password. Please configure the following connection parameters: Enter 'MariaDB' as the Data Source Name and enter an optional Description for the DSN :Ĭlick "Add" to add a new keyword/value pair to the panel.

You will be presented with the ' Data Source Name (DSN)' dialog. Select the 'Connector/ODBC driver' and click 'OK'. From the ODBC Administrator dialog, choose the 'User DSN' and click 'Add' : To use ODBC Administrator first open the ODBC Administrator from the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. To configure a DSN on macOS you can use the ODBC Administrator GUI.
#SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC DRIVERS#
The installer places the ODBC drivers in the appropriate location on your hard drive.
#SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC MAC OS#
(MyODBC is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other platforms.).
#SET UP ODBC CONNECTION FOR ACCESS ON MAC INSTALL#
dmg file.ĭouble-click on the installer file, mysql-connector-odbc-8.0., and follow the prompts. To use ODBC for MySQL, first you must install the MySQL ODBC drivers on your computer. Add shared computers, network areas, and workgroups to the Finder sidebar. In the Finder, choose Go > Connect to Server, click the pop-up menu to the far right of the Server Address field, then choose a recent server. Please download the MySQL ODBC Connector from Īfter downloading MySQL ODBC Connector DMG Archive, double-click on the downloaded. On your Mac, do any of the following: Choose Apple menu > Recent Items, then choose from the list of recent servers. Although we are using MariaDB as our relational database server, we prefer to use the MySQL ODBC Connector instead. Getting ODBC up and running to connect to the MariaDB server at HBS consists of four steps: Installing the ODBC Framework Installing the ODBC Manager. This connects the ODBC Manager to the local or remote database, and thus is specific for the target database system you wish to use. The final component needed is the ODBC driver itself. The installer places the ODBC Manager tool in the /Applications/Utilities directory. dmg file.ĭouble-click on the installer file, ODBC Manager.pkg, and follow the prompts. Although one can create the required files (odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini) by hand, the GUI tool is more convenient.Īfter downloading ODBC Manager, double-click on the downloaded.

ODBC Manager is a GUI tool for configuring drivers and creating/managing DSNs. Note: iODBC provides a GUI administrator tool for configuring drivers and DSNs (data source names) however, this tool has some problems and, therefore, should not be used to create or manage DSNs. dmg file.ĭouble-click on the installer file, iODBC-SDK.pkg, and follow the prompts. Īfter downloading iODBC, double-click on the downloaded. It is the latter framework that is typically used for most Mac OS GUI programs. Macs can support both unixODBC and iODBC. Getting ODBC up and running to connect to the MariaDB server at HBS consists of four steps:
