5.5.6 Connecting Without a Predefined DSN

You can connect to the MySQL server using SQLDriverConnect, by specifying the DRIVER name field. Here are the connection strings for Connector/ODBC using DSN-less connections:

For Connector/ODBC 9.1:

ConnectionString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 9.1 Unicode Driver};\
                   SERVER=localhost;\
                   DATABASE=test;\
                   USER=venu;\
                   PASSWORD=venu;\
                   FOUND_ROWS=1;"

Substitute “MySQL ODBC 9.1 Driver” with the name by which you have registered your Connector/ODBC driver with the ODBC driver manager, if it is different. If your programming language converts backslash followed by whitespace to a space, it is preferable to specify the connection string as a single long string, or to use a concatenation of multiple strings that does not add spaces in between. For example:

ConnectionString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 9.1 Unicode Driver};"
                   "SERVER=localhost;"
                   "DATABASE=test;"
                   "USER=venu;"
                   "PASSWORD=venu;"
                   "FOUND_ROWS=1;"

Note.  On macOS, you might need to specify the full path to the Connector/ODBC driver library.

Refer to Section 5.5.2, “Connector/ODBC Connection Parameters” for the list of connection parameters that can be supplied.