cherry picked an old post to try some new formatting on, got carried away

Author: jsr6720

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           <span class="p-author h-card" itemprop="name">{{ page.author }}</span>
         </span>
       {%- endif -%}
+      &bullet;
+      <span class="post-tags">
+        tags: {{ page.tags | join: ", " }}
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_posts/2011-03-30-4d-dsn-less-odbc-connection.md

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 layout: post
 author: James Rowe
 title:  "4D DSN-less ODBC connection"
-date:   "2011-03-30 00:00:00 -0400"
-tags: 2011 wordpress txcowboycoder 4D odbc dsn configuration
+date: "2011-03-30 00:00:00 -0400"
+tags: 2011 wordpress txcowboycoder 4D odbc
 uid: dc30133e-b5d9-4632-a423-f75a984cebd5
 ---
 
-
 ## 4D DSN-less ODBC connection
 
+Took me forever to figure this out because the docs out there for 4D are minimal[^1] on connecting to the database without a system configured DSN using 4D's ODBC driver.
 
-Took me forever to figure this out because the docs out there for 4D are minimal.
-
-
-Easy configuration of multiple data sources is crucial if you want to use CodeIgniter or any other framework that allows configuration files to control the deployment and connection to various databases.
-
-
-
-
-| `// get the connection resource``$connect` `= odbc_connect(``'DRIVER={4D v11 ODBC Driver};SSL=false;SERVER=192.168.1.100;PORT=19812;UID=user;PWD=password'``,``""``,``""``);` |
-| --- |
+Easy configuration of multiple data sources is crucial if you want to use `CodeIgniter` or any other framework that allows configuration files to control the deployment and connection to various databases.[^2]
 
+```php
+// get the connection resource circa 2011 so php ~v5.x 4D's database default port was `19812`
+$connect=odbc_connect('DRIVER={4D v11 ODBC Driver};SSL=false;SERVER=192.168.1.100;PORT=19812;UID=user;PWD=password',"","");
+```
 
 I played with various different ways of doing this connection string, and found the above the most straight forward. You can leave password blank if there isn’t one.
 
+Now if only they would make a linux odbc driver...[^3]
 
-Now if only they would make a linux odbc driver…
-
+## DSN Configuration
 
+If I recall correctly our `4D` instance was deployed on a Mac Server and `PHP` a `Windows IIS` server. So the DSN configuration would've had a dialog something like below.
 
+<figure>
+    <img src="/assets/posts-images/myodbc-macos-odbcadmin-main.png" alt="mac odbc admin" class="img-stylish"/>
+    <figcaption>Credit: <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/connector-odbc-en/connector-odbc-configuration-dsn-macos.html">Oracle documentation</a></figcaption>
+</figure>
+<figure>
+    <img src="/assets/posts-images/actian-odbc-admin.png" alt="windows odbc driver" class="img-stylish"/>
+    <figcaption>Credit: <a href="https://docs.actian.com/ingres/10s/index.html#page/Connectivity/Configure_a_Data_Source_(Windows).htm">Actian documentation</a></figcaption>
+</figure>
 
 ---
 
 ## Author's Note
 
+In hindsight one of my more "popular" 4D/technology posts. [2024-05-27 comments screenshot](/assets/posts-images/4d-dsn-less-odbc-connection-comments.png)
+
 Initial `md` Generated using [https://github.com/jsr6720/wordpress-html-scraper-to-md](https://github.com/jsr6720/wordpress-html-scraper-to-md)
 
 Original Wordpress categories: ['4D']
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 tags: {{ page.tags | join: ", " }} <!-- todo move this somewhere -->
 
-- {{ "2024-05-06 22:47:17" | date_to_string: "ordinal", "US" }} Converted to jekyll markdown format and copied to personal site
+- {{ "2024-05-27 01:13:57 -0400" | date_to_string: "ordinal", "US" }} Came in and updated content testing layout. Added original comments
+- {{ "2024-05-06 22:47:17 -0400" | date_to_string: "ordinal", "US" }} Converted to jekyll markdown format and copied to personal site
 - {{ page.date | date_to_string: "ordinal", "US" }} Originally published on [txcowboycoder wordpress site](https://txcowboycoder.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/4d-dsn-less-odbc-connection/)
 
 ## EOF/Footnotes
 
+[^1]: Happy to report documentation is much more comprehensive now https://doc.4d.com/4Dv20/4D/20/Using-a-connection-string.200-6341904.en.html
+
+[^2]: Configuration as code all the way back in 2011!
+
+[^3]: Nope. 2024 no linux.