Coexistence of Different Version Drivers on the Same Machine - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata® User Guide

Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
16.20
Published
August 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2020-08-25
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

For ODBC Driver for Teradata starting with 15.10.10.00, for UNIX bundle, Windows, and OS X Suites, multiple releases can co-exist on the same system. For example, 15.10.10.00, 16.10.00.00 and later versions can co-exist on the system at the same time.

If a specific version of the driver that is not the active TTU version is needed by an application, then the ODBCINI environment variable must be set to <InstallDir>/Teradata/client/<desired version>/odbc_32/odbc.ini for 32 bit or <InstallDir>/Teradata/client/odbc_64/odbc.ini for 64-bit, and that odbc.ini file must be updated accordingly.

.env Files

Another option is to use the .env files provided for each OS. The .env files are located in <prefix>/teradata/client/16.20/<etc>.

For UNIX and OS X:
  • ttu_1620_bash.env
  • ttu_1620_csh.env
For AIX:
  • ttu32_1620_bash.env
  • ttu32_1620_csh.env
  • ttu64_1620_bash.env
  • ttu64_1620_csh.env

The .env file can be sourced in a terminal window so that release is active in that session.