Re: BUG #6287: Unexpected protocol character during authentication

"Ram" <ramamohan.raju31@gmail.com> writes:
> My odbc.ini is like below:
> ---------------------------
> [FH1SQL1]
> Description = PostgreSQL connection to 'dbProjNum' database
> Driver = /usr/lib64/libodbcpsql.so.2.0.0
> Setup = /usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so.1.0.0

You're apparently using the very obsolete and buggy Postgres ODBC driver
that ships with unixODBC --- or at least used to ship with unixOBC; I
think they ripped it out in the most recent release.  Get hold of the
postgresql-odbc package (that's what Red Hat calls it, at least, dunno
about whatever distribution you're using) and use the driver from that
instead.

I usually recommend this configuration for the driver definition:

[PostgreSQL]
Description    = ODBC for PostgreSQL
Driver        = /usr/lib/psqlodbc.so
Setup        = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
Driver64    = /usr/lib64/psqlodbc.so
Setup64        = /usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so
FileUsage    = 1

Depending on which build of postgresql-odbc you're using, the driver
library file might be named psqlodbcw.so instead; but in any case
libodbcpsql.so is not something to trust.

            regards, tom lane