MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 Connection Strings

MySQL

Unicode version of the driver

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 UNICODE Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

"MySQL ODBC 5.2 UNICODE Driver" is the new name for "MySQL ODBC 5.1w Driver".

"MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver" is the new name for "MySQL ODBC 5.1a Driver".

Local database

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

On 64 bit machine

It seems we need to point on MSDASQL for the (32 bit) ODBC driver to work on 64 bit machines.

Provider=MSDASQL;Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

Remote database

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

Specifying TCP/IP port

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Port=3306;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

The driver defaults to port value 3306, if not specified in the connection string, as 3306 is the default port for MySQL.

Specifying character set

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=myServerAddress;charset=UTF8;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;

Specifying socket

This one specifies the Unix socket file or Windows named pipe to connect to. Used only for local client connections.

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Socket=MySQL;Option=3;

On Windows, the socket variable is the name of the named pipe that is used for local client connections. The default value is MySQL.

On Unix platforms, the socket variable is the name of the socket file that is used for local client connections. The default is /tmp/mysql.sock.

Using SSL

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;sslca=c:\cacert.pem;sslcert=c:\client-cert.pem;sslkey=c:\client-key.pem;sslverify=1;
Option=3;

SSLCA specifies the path to a file with a list of trust SSL CAs

SSLCERT specifies the name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection.

SSLKEY specifies the name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection.