Which ODBC driver version is used by FireDac

[Die Holländer 49]

Sometimes my users get an SQL error maybe because the computer doesn't have the proper

ODBC driver version installed. (Like "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL server")

 

How in runTime can I ask FireDac to fetch this driver version used by the application?

I have the FDConnection open.

 

[Lajos Juhász 295]

You can try this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42403351/how-can-i-find-the-ms-access-version-and-or-dll-name-used-for-a-firedac-connecti

 

 

[Die Holländer 49]

I can't get the name like "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL server" but I see things like "17" by the statement under, so that will do..

 

Uses FireDAC.Phys.ODBCWrapper;

SQLDriverName:=TODBCConnection(DatabaseConnectionObject.ADConnection.CliObj).DRIVER_NAME;//DRIVER_VER;// DRIVER_ODBC_VER;

[Lajos Juhász 295]

TFDPhysMSSQLDriverLink has an ODBCDriver property, I have no server to test it.

[Die Holländer 49]

32 minutes ago, Lajos Juhász said:

TFDPhysMSSQLDriverLink has an ODBCDriver property, I have no server to test it.

The problem is to get this TFDPhysMSSQLDriverLink casting based on FDConnection.

[Tom Chamberlain 47]

Use the TFDConnection object's GetInfoReport() method, it takes a string list.  It shows everything you want to know about the connection and the driver it used/picked.  We have this on our login/splash screen hidden behind a TLabel double-click event because we were having the same types of issues.  Also look into the FDDrivers.ini file configuration.

 

================================
Connection definition parameters
================================
DriverID=MSSQL
Database=*******
User_Name=*******
Password=*****
ODBCAdvanced=TrustServerCertificate=Yes;
MARS=Yes
Server=192.168.56.109
VariantFormat=String
ExtendedMetaData=True
================================
FireDAC info
================================
Tool = RAD Studio 12
FireDAC = 29.0.51961.7529
Platform = Windows 32 bit
Defines = FireDAC_NOLOCALE_META;FireDAC_MONITOR
================================
Client info
================================
Loading driver MSSQL ...
  Loading odbc32.dll driver manager
  Creating ODBC environment handle
  Searching for ODBC driver ...
    Checking for ODBC driver [ODBC DRIVER 18 FOR SQL SERVER] ...
      Found [ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server]
Driver Manager version = 03.81.19041.0000
================================
Session info
================================
Checking session ...
  Warning: The client [18.3.3.0.0] and server [16.0.0.0.0] major versions difference > 1.
  Warning: MS ODBC 11 does not support SQL_VARIANT data type.
  Warning: SQL Server 2016 and compatibility level >= 130 may lead to DATETIME comparision failure.
Current catalog = 
Current schema = dbo
Driver name = msodbcsql18.dll
Driver version = 18.03.0003
Driver conformance = 3
DBMS name = Microsoft SQL Server
DBMS version = 16.00.1130

 

[weirdo12 21]

Just in case you want a list of the available ODBC drivers, you can do something simple like dropping a TFDPhysODBCDriverLink component on your TDataModule and call TFDPhysODBCDriverLink.GetDrivers,