: The ANSI driver is effectively dead. Microsoft has deprecated ANSI ODBC APIs. Use the Unicode driver even for legacy ASCII data – the driver converts correctly. 10. Configuration Example for Production A well-tuned DSN entry ( /etc/odbc.ini ):
For greenfield projects, native drivers (e.g., Npgsql , pgx , asyncpg ) are superior. However, when the requirement is “connect Tableau to PostgreSQL over ODBC,” psqlODBC remains the correct, stable choice – provided you tune the 5–10 critical parameters and avoid its known pitfalls around timestamptz and scrollable cursors. odbc postgresql driver
[pg_production] Driver = PostgreSQL Unicode Server = 10.0.1.100 Port = 5432 Database = erp UID = readonly_user PWD = strongpassword UseServerSidePrepare = 1 UseDeclareFetch = 0 Fetch = 500 ByteaAsLongVarBinary = 1 BoolsAsChar = 1 LFConversion = 0 TrueIsMinus1 = 0 TextAsLongVarchar = 0 Debug = 0 CommLog = 0 And the matching /etc/odbcinst.ini : : The ANSI driver is effectively dead