Ubuntu
unixodbc package

'odbcinst -q -s' fails with "odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed with ." when ~/.odbc.ini is empty or does not exist

Bug #298870 reported by Matthew Flaschen
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unixodbc (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned
Declined for Gutsy by Chuck Short

Bug Description

odbc fails with:

odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed with .

which isn't a useful error message under any circumstances. However, in this case I have libmyodbc, the MySQL ODBC driver, installed. Thus, it should show up in response to that query.

Tags: precise trusty
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Matthew Flaschen (matthew-flaschen) wrote :

Sorry, the specific command that fails is:

% odbcinst -q -s -h
odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed with .

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Still the same on karmic. I dont have a fix for it yet.

Regards
chuck

Changed in unixodbc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Jarl (jarl-dk) wrote :

Kind of sad to see such an old bug still being present in Ubuntu 12.10...

Jarl

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
summary: - odbcinst faiils with "odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed with
- ."
+ 'odbcinst -q -s' fails with "odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed
+ with ." when ~/.odbc.ini does not exist
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
tags: added: precise trusty
summary: 'odbcinst -q -s' fails with "odbcinst: SQLGetPrivateProfileString failed
- with ." when ~/.odbc.ini does not exist
+ with ." when ~/.odbc.ini is empty or does not exist
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