[GRASS-user] Re: winGrass, ODBC and MS Access database

[Sharon M]

FWIW, last year I tried to get winGrass, ODBC and Oracle to work (see here:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2011-May/060662.html) with no
success.

I too would be interested in any help on ODBC working in winGRASS.

Sharon


On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Christine <geo.guide at web.de> wrote:
> > Dear GRASS user list,
> >
> > tried to read a Microsoft Access database with GRASS 6.4.1 (installed
> with
> > QGIS 1.7.0) on a Windows XP system. Now I get an error message "odbc.exe"
> > when I try to use v.external, db.in.ogr or v.in.ogr. A data source name
> is
> > created with the MS ODBC administrator.
> >
> > What I am wondering about is the error message. Searched for "odbc.exe"
> on
> > my system and did not find one. But there is a "odbcad32.exe" instead.
>
> Hi Christine,
>
> I checked
> http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/CompileOnWindows
>
> and don't see any ODBC reference there. Nor I see it here
> http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/versions.html
>
> Perhaps a wish request is needed at OSGeo4W?
>
> > There seem to be some older attempts with ODBC connections to ORACLE.
> But as
> > I also could not find any hint, that anybody succeeded in using ODBC
> > database via OGR,  I suspect now, that this is not possible.
>
> Generally yes,
> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Data_formats#ODBC
> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/grass-odbc.html
>
> but you don't seem to have the ODBC driver compiled into
> winGRASS yet...
>
> Anyone having an idea?
>
> Markus
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