Does the release version include ODBC support?

Asked by SeijiSensei

I have installed unixodbc and tested the connection to my PostgreSQL database using isql. I can connect to the database and run queries. I used the "open" and "data" commands described in the gretl manual to connect and retrieve data from the same database, but no series are generated and no error is reported. Does the released version of gretl include the ODBC module? I don't see a separate "gretl-odbc" module either.

Do I have to compile my own gretl to get ODBC support?

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
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Which Ubuntu release, which architecture and which gretl version are you running?

Looking at the buildlog it seems that ODBC support is enabled.
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/354588550/buildlog_ubuntu-bionic-amd64.gretl_2017d-3build1_BUILDING.txt.gz
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Configuration:
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  ODBC support: yes

Also the dependency of the gretl package on libodbc1 indicates that.

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SeijiSensei (ubuntuforums-2) said :
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Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.