| Feature | ANSI Driver | Unicode Driver | |---------|-------------|----------------| | | Uses system ANSI code page (e.g., Windows-1252) | Uses UTF-16 (Windows native Unicode) | | International chars | Poor support (corruption risk) | Full support for all languages | | Modern apps | Not recommended | Recommended | | Legacy apps | Some very old (pre-2000) apps need ANSI | Most apps since Windows 2000 work with Unicode |
Always install the Unicode driver unless you have an ancient application that explicitly requires ANSI. postgres odbc driver windows
msiexec /i psqlodbc_16_00_0000-x64.msi /quiet /norestart ADDLOCAL=ALL A DSN stores connection parameters for easy reuse. Types of DSN | DSN Type | Scope | Who can see/use | |----------|-------|----------------| | User DSN | Current Windows user only | That user | | System DSN | All users & Windows services | Everyone (requires admin rights to create) | | File DSN | .dsn file on disk | Any app that can read the file | | Feature | ANSI Driver | Unicode Driver