You should only need to install Connector/ODBC from source on Windows if you want to change or modify the source or installation. If you are unsure whether to install from source, please use the binary installation detailed in Section 22.1.3.1, “Installing Connector/ODBC from a Binary Distribution on Windows”.
Installing Connector/ODBC from source on Windows requires a number of different tools and packages:
MDAC, Microsoft Data Access SDK from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/110093.
Suitable C compiler, such as Microsoft Visual C++ or the C compiler included with Microsoft Visual Studio.
Compatible
maketool. Microsoft'snmakeis used in the examples in this section.MySQL client libraries and include files from MySQL 4.0.0 or higher. (Preferably MySQL 4.0.16 or higher). This is required because Connector/ODBC uses new calls and structures that exist only starting from this version of the library. To get the client libraries and include files, visit http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/.
Connector/ODBC source distributions include
Makefiles that require the
nmake or other make
utility. In the distribution, you can find
Makefile for building the release version
and Makefile_debug for building debugging
versions of the driver libraries and DLLs.
To build the driver, use this procedure:
Download and extract the sources to a folder, then change directory into that folder. The following command assumes the folder is named
myodbc3-src:C:\>
cd myodbc3-srcEdit
Makefileto specify the correct path for the MySQL client libraries and header files. Then use the following commands to build and install the release version:C:\>
nmake -f MakefileC:\>nmake -f Makefile installnmake -f Makefile builds the release version of the driver and places the binaries in subdirectory called
Release.nmake -f Makefile install installs (copies) the driver DLLs and libraries (
myodbc3.dll,myodbc3.lib) to your system directory.To build the debug version, use
Makefile_Debugrather thanMakefile, as shown below:C:\>
nmake -f Makefile_debugC:\>nmake -f Makefile_debug installYou can clean and rebuild the driver by using:
C:\>
nmake -f Makefile cleanC:\>nmake -f Makefile install
Make sure to specify the correct MySQL client libraries and header files path in the Makefiles (set the
MYSQL_LIB_PATHandMYSQL_INCLUDE_PATHvariables). The default header file path is assumed to beC:\mysql\include. The default library path is assumed to beC:\mysql\lib\optfor release DLLs andC:\mysql\lib\debugfor debug versions.For the complete usage of nmake, visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vcce4/html/evgrfRunningNMAKE.asp.
If you are using the Subversion tree for compiling, all Windows-specific
Makefilesare named asWin_Makefile*.