.TH unixODBC 7 "Tue 22. Oct 2013" "version 2.3.6" "unixODBC manual pages" .SH NAME unixODBC \- An ODBC implementation for Unix .SH DESCRIPTION ODBC is an open specification for providing application developers with a predictable API with which to access Data Sources. Data Sources include SQL Servers and any Data Source with an ODBC Driver. The unixODBC Project goals are to develop and promote unixODBC to be the definitive standard for ODBC on non MS Windows platforms. The HTML-format "Administrator Manual" shipped with \fIunixODBC\fR provides additional details on configuration and usage to supplement these man pages. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .IP \fBODBCSYSINI Overloads path to unixODBC configuration files. By default equals to '/etc'. .IP \fBODBCINSTINI Overloads the name of the drivers configuration file. It is relative to \fBODBCSYSINI\fR and by default set to 'odbcinst.ini'. .IP \fBODBCINSTUI Overloads the library name for UI. The final name that is searched for is evaluated as "lib$ODBCINSTUI". By default it is set to 'odbcinstQ4', so the resulting library name is 'libodbcinstQ4'. .IP \fBODBCSEARCH Overloads the configuration mode and determines where to look for configuration files. Must be set to one of ODBC_SYSTEM_DSN, ODBC_USER_DSN or ODBC_BOTH_DSN (the last one is the default value). .IP \fBODBCINI Overloads the path to user configuration file. By default it is set to "~/.odbc.ini". .SH SEE ALSO .BR unixODBC (7), .BR isql (1), .BR odbcinst (1), .BR odbc.ini (5), .BR odbcinst.ini (5) .R "The \fIunixODBC\fB Administrator Manual (HTML)" .SH AUTHORS The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <\fIpharvey@codebydesign.com\fR> and Nick Gorham <\fInick@unixodbc.org\fR>. For the full list of contributors see the AUTHORS file. .SH COPYRIGHT unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details about the license, see the COPYING file.