QuNect ODBC for QuickBase on Mac OSX (Intel)

QuNect ODBC for QuickBase® is the world's first ODBC driver for Intuit's® QuickBase®.

QuNect ODBC for QuickBase allows you to access your data stored in QuickBase directly from many Macintosh applications. It works with the built-in iODBC driver manager.

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for MacOSX Intel version 10.5 or higher.

Installation Instructions

Please download the file libqunect.so by clicking on the download button above. This can be placed anywhere that it will remain undisturbed. In other words don't put it in a folder that you will be deleting or moving soon.

Go to your Applications folder and open the Utilities folder. Then double click on the ODBC Administrator application to open it up. If you can't find this application you'll have to install it. The ODBC Admin Tool is available from Apple. At the top click on Drivers. Then click on the Add... button. In the text box Description type QuNect ODBC for QuickBase. To the right of the Driver file: text box click on the Choose... button and find libqunect.so. Click on the Apply button to save your changes.

Now click on the User DSN tab at the top of the ODBC Administrator application. Then click the Add... button and choose the QuNect ODBC for QuickBase driver. Give the DSN a name of QuickBaseViaQuNect. Click the Add button. A new row appears in the table with the words Key and Value. Click Key twice to edit it, be patient, don't double-click. Type in UID, and press Enter. Click Value twice to edit it. Type in the email address or screenname of the QuickBase user that will be used to connect. Click on the Apply button to save your changes.

Now you need to specify the QuickBase password for this user. Click the Add button. A new row appears in the table with the words Key and Value. Click Key twice to edit it, be patient, don't double-click. Type in PWD, and press Enter. Click Value twice to edit it. Type in the QuickBase password for the user that will be used to connect. Click on the Apply button to save your changes.

If you are using a unique URL like https://mycompany.quickbase.com to access your QuickBase applications, then you will need to add another key and value pair. Click the Add button. A new row appears in the table with the words Key and Value. Click Key twice to edit it, be patient, don't double-click. Type in QUICKBASESERVER, and press Enter. Click Value twice to edit it. Type in your unique URL: mycompany.quickbase.com. Click on the Apply button to save your changes.

Advanced users may want to add additional key-value pairs. You can discover the meaning of additional key and value pairs by reading the application note on QuNect ODBC for QuickBase connection strings.