Register the database driver with unixODBC Driver Manager - Register the database driver with unixODBC Driver Manager - You must register your native driver with unixODBC. The following set of steps is an example of registering an installed ODBC database driver with unixODBC. For more information, see the installation guides provided by the provider of the database driver you are installing. - Perceptive Content - Perceptive Content Database Driver Installation and Setup Guide - Perceptive-Content/Perceptive-Content-Database-Driver-Installation-and-Setup-Guide/Foundation-26.1/Perceptive-Content-Database-Driver-Installation-and-Setup-Guide/Configure-Linux-ODBC-Driver-Manager/Register-the-database-driver-with-unixODBC-Driver-Manager - Foundation 26.1 - Foundation 26.1

Perceptive Content Database Driver Installation and Setup Guide

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Perceptive Content
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Perceptive Content Database Driver Installation and Setup Guide
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Foundation 26.1
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You must register your native driver with unixODBC. The following set of steps is an example of registering an installed ODBC database driver with unixODBC. For more information, see the installation guides provided by the provider of the database driver you are installing.

  1. Install the database driver package.
  2. Complete the following sub-steps to create a template for your database driver.
    1. Using a text editor, open a new file.
    2. Copy and paste the following code into the file.
      [msodbcsql_17]
      Description=Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
      Driver=/opt/microsoft/msodbcsql17/lib64/libmsodbcsql-17.3.so.1.1
    3. Save and close the text editor.
  3. Run the following code to install the database driver using odbcinst, where new_driver_template.txt is the name of your new file.
    odbcinst -i -d -f new_driver_template.txt