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Question

I'm using iODBC on OS X 10.6.8 agains MySQL (mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.8) from a C program that I'm writing, but tracing of all ODBC library calls, which is supposed to be turned off by default, is turned on.

I have found a set of odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini files in /etc and in /Library/ODBC/ , but none of them contains "Trace = yes", and adding an [ODBC] section with "Tracing = no" to any of these files doesn't seem to do anything. I also do not have any private .odbc.ini or .odbcinst.ini files in the working directory nor in my home directory nor anywhere else.

The only way I can turn tracing off is to call SQLSetConnectAttr() to set SQL_ATTR_TRACE to SQL_OPT_TRACE_OFF after allocating a connection handle, but at that point, the trace file, sql.log , has already been created in the working directory.

Any help with tracking down where tracing is turned on (it's supposed to be off by default), alternatively, how to turn it off so that the log file never gets created, would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The default settings files for ODBC on Mac OS X are found at --

/Library/ODBC/odbc.ini
/Library/ODBC/odbcinst.ini
/Users/*/Library/ODBC/odbc.ini
/Users/*/Library/ODBC/odbcinst.ini

The first two are for system-level settings and DSNs; the latter are for user-level.

Some buggy installers and libraries create files at --

/Users/*/.odbc.ini
/Users/*/.odbcinst.ini
/etc[/*]/.odbc.ini
/etc[/*]/.odbcinst.ini
/etc[/*]/odbc.ini
/etc[/*]/odbcinst.ini

These can lead to trouble. This command will reveal all potentially trouble-making files --

sudo find / \( -name '.odbc*.ini' -or -name 'odbc*.ini' \) -ls

Best is to --

1. blend the content of existing non-default files into the default locations, and drop the non-default files
2. create symlinks from the buggy .odbc[inst].ini locations to the default files
3. update the iODBC components on your Mac
4. enjoy trouble free ODBC use

(ObDisclaimer: I am an employee of OpenLink Software , who maintain and support the iODBC project , which is the ODBC Driver Manager chosen by Apple for Mac OS X, bundled since Jaguar (10.2.x).)

Answer 2

I'm not sure why you would be using odbc instead of the standard connector, but have you tried setting the option for the TraceFile to /dev/null in odbc.ini. This may at least remove the file if you can't get the Trace = OFF to work by itself.

[ODBC]
Trace = OFF
TraceFile = /dev/null

Don't have my Mac at the office to test this, but seems like it should work.