Creating a Custom Driver Name - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata User Guide

Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
16.10
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-07-11
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

On Windows, custom driver names can be created using the registry.

Suppose the driver name Teradata is hardcoded in your application and you need to connect using the driver name Teradata rather than the default name of Teradata Database ODBC Driver 16.00.

  1. Open the registry.
    • For the 32 bit driver navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI.

    • For the 64 bit driver navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI.

  2. In the subdirectory ODBC Drivers, right-click and select New > String Value, then name it Teradata.


  3. Right-click Teradata and select Modify. The Edit String dialog appears.


  4. Type Installed in the Value data field.
  5. Right-click ODBCINST.INI and select New > Key, then name it Teradata.


  6. For each string value field in Teradata ODBC Driver 16.00, create a corresponding value in Teradata.
    UsageCount is a DWORD value rather than a string value.

Now you can create a new DSN with the driver name Teradata.