How to upgrade MySQL Connector/ODBC from 5.1 to 5.2?

Question

How does one upgrade the MySQL Connector/ODBC from 5.1 to 5.2? When I replace the connection string

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};...

with

Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 Driver};...

it does not work and I get

"[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Der Datenquellenname wurde nicht gefunden, und es wurde kein Standardtreiber angegeben"

(If you happen to know the english error message, please remove this note and add the english error message.)

Answer 1

The 5.2 version comes in two flavors: ANSI and Unicode, in addition to the version number the name has changed to either:

• MySQL ODBC 5.2 Unicode Driver (recommended)
• MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver

See also:

• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-odbc/en/connector-odbc-versions.html