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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+# unixODBC drivers (this solution is not perfect.. Because the user has to
+# ask the admin to add a driver.. but it's simple and works
+
+{
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    environment.unixODBCDrivers = mkOption {
+      default = [];
+      example = literalExample "map (x : x.ini) (with pkgs.unixODBCDrivers; [ mysql psql psqlng ] )";
+      description = ''
+        Specifies Unix ODBC drivers to be registered in
+        <filename>/etc/odbcinst.ini</filename>.  You may also want to
+        add <literal>pkgs.unixODBC</literal> to the system path to get
+        a command line client to connnect to ODBC databases.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf (config.environment.unixODBCDrivers != []) {
+
+    environment.etc."odbcinst.ini".text =
+      let inis = config.environment.unixODBCDrivers;
+      in pkgs.lib.concatStringsSep "\n" inis;
+
+  };
+
+}