## Redshift ODBC Driver

The Amazon ODBC Driver for Redshift database connectivity through the standard ODBC application program interfaces (APIs). The Driver provides access to Redshift from any C/C++ application.

The driver has many Redshift specific features such as,

* IAM authentication
* IDP authentication
* Redshift specific datatypes support
* External schema support as part of SQLTables() and SQLColumns() ODBC API

Amazon Redshift provides 64-bit ODBC drivers for Linux, and Windows operating systems. 

## Build Driver
### Prerequisites
* https://git-lfs.com/ (for correctly cloning this repository)
* Visual Stuido 2022 Community Edition (For Windows)
* g++ (For Linux)
* Redshift instance connect to.

### Build Artifacts
On Windows system run:
```
build64.bat n.n.n n 
e.g. build64.bat 2.0.0 0

```
It builds **rsodbc.dll** file under **src\odbc\rsodbc\x64\Release** directory. 


On Unix system run:
```
build64.sh n.n.n n
e.g. build64.sh 2.0.0 0
```

It builds **librsodbc64.so** file under **src/odbc/rsodbc/Release** directory. 

### Installation and Configuration of Driver

Driver Name: Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver (x64)

Default Installation Directory:
* C:\Program Files\Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver x64\ (For Windows)
* /opt/amazon/redshiftodbcx64/ (For Linux)

See [Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver Installation and Configuration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-install.html) for more information.

Here are download links for the latest release:
* https://s3.amazonaws.com/redshift-downloads/drivers/odbc/2.0.0.7/AmazonRedshiftODBC64-2.0.0.7.msi (For Windows)
* https://s3.amazonaws.com/redshift-downloads/drivers/odbc/2.0.0.7/AmazonRedshiftODBC-64-bit-2.0.0.7.x86_64.rpm (For Linux)

## Report Bugs

See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md#Reporting-Bugs/Feature-Requests) for more information.

## Contributing Code Development

See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md#Contributing-via-Pull-Requests) for more information.

## Changelog Generation
An entry in the changelog is generated upon release using `gitchangelog <https://github.com/vaab/gitchangelog>`.
Please use the configuration file, ``.gitchangelog.rc`` when generating the changelog.
	 
## Security

See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md#security-issue-notifications) for more information.

## License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.