---+iODBC Development Downloads

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Warning: this is UNSTABLE code; there is a chance it will not build out of the box. If you are looking for production-ready stable packages, please try the [[Downloads][stable downloads]] page instead.
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---++About
Here you can find the Development release of iODBC.

This branch is currently being used to work on support for Connection-Pooling and File DSNs.

---++Downloads
We automatically generate a tarball ([[/downloads/iODBC/snapshots/iodbc-dev-current.tgz][iodbc-dev-current.tgz]]) every 3 days at 4am EST.

---++CVS Access

We maintain this code in the <tt>iODBC-3_52_2-DEVEL</tt> branch in CVS. To check out this branch, you can run:

<verbatim>
$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/iodbc login
$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/iodbc co iodbc -r iODBC-3_52_2-DEVEL
</verbatim>
(The password is blank.)

Patches and new contributions can be submitted as diffs from the current archive by performing the following steps:

<verbatim>
  $ cvs add newfiles
  $ cvs -z3 diff -uN > diffs
  </verbatim>
  
Diffs and contributions can be sent to the OpenLink iODBC source archive manager at iodbc&#64;openlinksw.com for inclusion into the next iODBC distribution. Please provide accompanying documentation with bugs fixes and/or new features contributions.