odbcinst(1)

✨ odbcinst(1) — bestie edition ✨

okay so. this is a page from the unixODBC manual pages and it's about a lil command called odbcinst 💅 buckle up.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

odbcinst — a unixODBC utility for managing configuration files 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

odbcinst ACTION OBJECT OPTIONS

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

odbcinst is a command-line utility that lets people who write install scripts or packages for ODBC drivers easily create or remove entries in odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini. that's literally its whole job and it eats every time 🔥

this utility is part of the odbcinst component of unixODBC, and it complements the shared library of the same name (libodbcinst). they're a duo, they're iconic, they come as a set 👑

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

🎯 ACTIONS

• -i — install a new OBJECT (by adding a section to a configuration file). new OBJECT just dropped 🙈
• -u — uninstall an existing OBJECT (by removing a section from a configuration file). not me deleting a whole section 💀
• -q — query ODBC configuration files and print the available options for the specified OBJECT. it's giving investigative journalist 🔍
• -j — print the current configuration of unixODBC, including the paths to the configuration files. the vibe check of your whole setup 🌈
• -c — call SQLCreateDataSource.
• -m — call SQLManageDataSources.
• --version — display the program version. gotta know which era you're in ⭐

🎀 OBJECTS

• -d — the specified ACTION affects a driver (and thus the odbcinst.ini configuration file).
• -s — the specified ACTION affects a data source (and thus the user or system odbc.ini configuration file).

💅 OPTIONS

• -f FILE — FILE is a template describing the configuration of the installed OBJECT. this one is only valid with the -i ACTION, no exceptions bestie.
• -r — act in the same way as for the -f OPTION, but take standard input as the template file. same energy, different source 🫶
• -n NAME — specifies the NAME of the OBJECT. give it a name, it deserves one 💜
• -v — disable all information, warning and error messages. quiet mode, silent treatment, we love her 😭
• -l — the specified data source is system-wide. this option is only valid when used with the -s OBJECT.
• -h — the specified data source is user-specific. this option is only valid when used with the -s OBJECT.

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⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

odbcinst returns zero on success and a non-zero value on failure. that's it. that's the whole scoring system 🎯

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• /etc/odbcinst.ini — configuration file containing all database driver definitions. see odbcinst.ini(5) for more information. 👑
• /etc/odbc.ini — configuration file containing system-wide Data Source Name (DSN) definitions. see odbc.ini(5) for more information.
• $HOME/.odbc.ini — configuration file containing user-specific Data Source Name (DSN) definitions. see odbc.ini(5) for more information. it's your personal one, your own lil corner of the filesystem 🍓

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

odbcinst.ini(5), odbc.ini(5) — go read those next, iykyk 📚

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

the authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> and Nick Gorham <nick@lurcher.org>. absolute legends, no cap 🫶

for a full list of contributors, refer to the AUTHORS file.

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. for details about the license, see the COPYING file.

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and that's the whole page bestie, every last flag accounted for, nothing skipped, periodt 💅✨

this was version 2.3.12, dated Sat 09 Jan 2021, and it's the odbcinst(1) page from the unixODBC manual. mwah, go configure something iconic 🌸