MySQL Bugs: #42806: Installation of Connector/ODBC refers to non-existant files

Bug #42806	Installation of Connector/ODBC refers to non-existant files
Submitted:	12 Feb 2009 21:20	Modified:	4 Feb 2010 9:27
Reporter:	Harrison Fisk	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / ODBC Documentation	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	3.51.27	OS:	Solaris
Assigned to:	Tony Bedford	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
The binary install Unix documentation for Connector/ODBC says to copy over the odbc.ini file to /usr/local/etc/.  However, there is no odbc.ini file that comes with Connector/ODBC.  Instead you need to create this file or modify the one that comes with unixODBC.

Also the page refers to INSTALL-BINARY which does not exist.  There is just an INSTALL file.

How to repeat:
Go to:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connector-odbc-installation-binary-unix.html

Notice the line:

shell> cp odbc.ini /usr/local/etc

Check the tarball, such as:

mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-32bit

Notice the files do not exist.

Suggested fix:
Change the cp line to read something about setting up the odbc.ini file.  Remove mention of INSTALL-BINARY and instead make it INSTALL.

Have fixed the problems as noted, but have not closed this bug yet as entire page really needs updating.

As noted earlier the problem reported in this bug report has already been fixed. Further updates to this documentation will be carried out as part of WL#4463: Major overhaul of Connector/ODBC documentation.