Create a DSN in the odbc.ini file

A sample DSN named DEVART_POSTGRESQL is created during the driver installation. You can configure and adjust the DSN parameters as needed.

1. Open the odbc.ini file in a text editor, for example, nano.

sudo nano /etc/odbc.ini

2. Add the configuration for your DSN in the odbc.ini file.

[DEVART_POSTGRESQL]
Driver=Devart ODBC Driver for PostgreSQL
Data Source=your_postgresql_server_name
Database=your_postgresql_database_name
User ID=your_postgresql_user_id
Password=your_postgresql_password
Port=your_postgresql_port

Create a DSN by configuring the odbc.ini file

3. Save and close the file.

4. Optional: Test the connection using isql, the ODBC command-line tool.

isql -v DEVART_POSTGRESQL

Once connected, you can run SQL queries to retrieve data from PostgreSQL.

Note

If the password isn’t saved in the DSN, you’ll be prompted to enter it at runtime when connecting to a data source. If the password is saved in the DSN, leave the User ID and Password fields empty.