Bug #71547 ODBC Connector for Windows fails to install
Submitted: 31 Jan 2014 19:32 Modified: 1 Mar 2014 2:18
Reporter: Pierre Landau Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / ODBC Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.2.6 OS:Windows
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[31 Jan 2014 19:32] Pierre Landau 
Description:
The installer fails on Windows 2008 Server R2 with errors:

MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 — Error 1918.Error installing ODBC driver MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver, ODBC error 13: The setup routines for the MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver ODBC driver could not be loaded due to system error code 126: The specified module could not be found. (C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector ODBC 5.2\myodbc5S.dll).. Verify that the file MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver exists and that you can access it.

This appears to be a stupid error with a known workaround, since I found the solution at: http://iwantanitcareer.com/index.php/2013/10/15/mysql-connectorodbc-5-2-installation-error...

Similar solution for installing the 32-bit version, but copy operation happens in c:\windows\SysWOW64.

Apparently, some of the required DLLs are referenced by name, but the name has changed...

How to repeat:
Download the 5.2.6 installer and try to install it on Windows 2008 Server R2, either in 64 bit more or in 32 bit mode .  Installation will fail
[1 Feb 2014 2:18] MySQL Verification Team 
Please check for duplicate with http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=70661 . Thanks.
[2 Mar 2014 1:00] Bugs System 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
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the status of the bug back to "Open".