MySQL Connctor/ODBC v3.51.9

This install contains a binary release of Connector/ODBC for OSX. It was created on an iBook running OSX 10.3 with Xcode 1.1. This install should work for any machine running OSX 10.3 or better but may not work on older versions of OSX.

This package does not require anything special to be installed on your machine - not even other MySQL software. But you probably want to know where your MySQL server is and what your ID and Password is because at the end of this install you will be able to test a connection using a sample data source name (DSN).

Once this install is complete you can use the following program to help manage your ODBC connections;

/Applications/Utilities/ODBC Administrator.app

The purpose of this install is to;

1. Copy the ODBC driver and setup libraries to /usr/lib.
2. Copy command-line utilities to /usr/bin.
3. Copy GUI utilities to /Applications/Utilities.
4. Register the driver and setup libraries with ODBC.
5. Aid in the creation of a sample connection (DSN).

The library files are;

• /usr/lib/libmyodbc3.*
• /usr/lib/libmyodbc3S.*

The command-line utility files are;

• /usr/bin/myodbcinst
• /usr/bin/imyodbc

The GUI utility file is;

• /Applications/Utilities/MYODBCConfig

This package can be manually removed from your system by removing all of the files installed (see above) and by doing the following;

$ sudo rm -r /Library/Receipts/MyODBC*

We have gone to great lengths to make this install and this driver work with the existing ODBC Driver Manager (DM) and its supporting libraries. This was a challenge because there are many bugs and non-conforming aspects to the default ODBC on OSX. We encourage Apple to take a greater interest in ODBC conformance in the future but in the meantime we hope that you enjoy our solution.