diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 16645d60..b0280ed0 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
          (MySqlConnectorFactory.Instance, lmxopcua#753). MIT-licensed and truly async, unlike Oracle's
          GPL MySql.Data, which is why the design names it. No native client install. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="MySqlConnector" Version="2.6.2" />
+    <!-- Generic ODBC for the Sql poll driver's OdbcDialect (OdbcFactory.Instance, lmxopcua#753). The managed
+         package P/Invokes the platform's driver manager (odbc32 on Windows, unixODBC/iODBC elsewhere), so a
+         host running an Odbc driver instance also needs that and the vendor's ODBC driver installed — the one
+         provider that breaks the "managed only" rule, which is why it is opt-in per instance. -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.Odbc" Version="10.0.14" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Novell.Directory.Ldap.NETStandard" Version="3.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client" Version="1.5.378.106" />
     <!-- Core carries Opc.Ua.StatusCodes, the oracle StatusCodeParityTests checks the drivers'
diff --git a/docs/drivers/Sql.md b/docs/drivers/Sql.md
index a96e1786..78bc92f6 100644
--- a/docs/drivers/Sql.md
+++ b/docs/drivers/Sql.md
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ An ordinary SQL database — typically a MES / LIMS / historian staging table th
 already writes to. There is no protocol here and nothing to "connect" to a machine: the driver runs
 `SELECT`s on a timer and turns cells into tag values.
 
-**Four providers construct**: `SqlServer` (`Microsoft.Data.SqlClient`), `Postgres`
+**All five providers construct**: `SqlServer` (`Microsoft.Data.SqlClient`), `Postgres`
 (`Npgsql`), `Oracle` (ODP.NET managed — **Oracle 12.2 or later**, the floor the
-`FETCH FIRST` paging needs) and `MySql` (`MySqlConnector`, MIT, fully managed — MySQL 8 /
-MariaDB). `SqlProvider` also declares `Odbc`, which remains a **reserved name, not a working
-backend** — authoring it fails the driver rather than silently falling back. The provider → dialect
+`FETCH FIRST` paging needs), `MySql` (`MySqlConnector`, MIT, fully managed — MySQL 8 /
+MariaDB) and `Odbc` (`System.Data.Odbc`, see below). An undeclared provider value fails the driver
+rather than silently falling back. The provider → dialect
 map is one shared table (`SqlDialects`) that the factory, the Test Connect probe and the browse
 picker all read, so the three can no longer disagree about what a build supports.
 
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ boolean under MySqlConnector's default `TreatTinyAsBoolean`; `BIT(n)`, `TIME`, `
 types infer as `String`. Live gate: `Docker/mysql/docker-compose.yml` + `MySqlReadTests`
 (`SQL_MYSQL_ENDPOINT` / `SQL_MYSQL_PASSWORD`).
 
+ODBC specifics: `OdbcDialect` is the **ANSI SQL:2008 profile** — double-quoted identifiers,
+positional `?` parameters, the standard `INFORMATION_SCHEMA` views and `FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY`.
+ODBC abstracts the wire, not the SQL, so the backend behind the DSN must accept all four:
+PostgreSQL (psqlODBC — the live gate), Snowflake and similar do; **SQL Server** (needs `OFFSET …
+FETCH` after an `ORDER BY`), **MySQL** (no `FETCH FIRST`) and **DB2** (no `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`) do
+not and should use their native provider. It is also the one provider that is **not fully
+managed**: every host running an Odbc instance needs the platform driver manager (unixODBC / iODBC
+/ Windows' own) and the vendor's ODBC driver — on the driver nodes and, for browse, the AdminUI
+nodes. Parameters bind in order, so the planner, the catalog loader and the browse session all add
+them in marker order, and a named query's `params` bind in authored order (the factory refuses a
+statement whose `?` count differs). Live gate: `Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh` runs `OdbcReadTests`
+in a throwaway Linux container with unixODBC + psqlODBC against a throwaway PostgreSQL; on macOS
+the suite is unit-tested only (`OdbcDialectTests`) because no vendor ODBC driver is installed.
+
 Two provider-specific things are worth knowing before you author against them:
 
 - **Identifier case folds, and the catalog gate absorbs it.** Postgres lower-cases and Oracle
@@ -195,7 +209,7 @@ existed in the parser — nothing reads it.)
 
 | Key | Default | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
-| `provider` | `SqlServer` | `SqlServer`, `Postgres`, `Oracle` or `MySql`. `Odbc` is reserved and rejected. |
+| `provider` | `SqlServer` | `SqlServer`, `Postgres`, `Oracle`, `MySql` or `Odbc`. |
 | `connectionStringRef` | — | **A name, never a connection string.** See below. |
 | `defaultPollInterval` | `00:00:05` | Applied to any group without its own interval. |
 | `operationTimeout` | `00:00:15` | Client-side wall-clock deadline; a breach surfaces `BadTimeout`. |
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlNamedQuery.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlNamedQuery.cs
index faabfb13..f29cbba7 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlNamedQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlNamedQuery.cs
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ public static class SqlReadOnlyStatement
         return null;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>The marker a positional provider (ODBC) spells every parameter with.</summary>
+    public const string PositionalMarker = "?";
+
+    /// <summary>Counts the positional <c>?</c> markers outside literals and comments.</summary>
+    /// <param name="sql">The statement.</param>
+    /// <returns>The marker count.</returns>
+    public static int CountPositionalMarkers(string sql)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(sql);
+        return StripLiteralsAndComments(sql).Count(ch => ch == '?');
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     True when <paramref name="marker"/> appears in <paramref name="sql"/> as a parameter token — outside
     ///     literals and comments, and not as the prefix of a longer name (<c>@line</c> inside <c>@lineId</c>).
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlProvider.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlProvider.cs
index c61db291..90598f6e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts/SqlProvider.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Which ADO.NET provider/dialect backs a Sql driver instance. <b>Constructed:</b> SqlServer, Postgres,
-///     Oracle — each over a fully managed provider package, no native client install. <b>Reserved:</b> MySql
-///     and Odbc are declared names only; authoring one fails at driver construction and at browse.
+///     Which ADO.NET provider/dialect backs a Sql driver instance. Every member is constructed: SqlServer,
+///     Postgres, Oracle and MySql over fully managed provider packages, and Odbc over <c>System.Data.Odbc</c>
+///     (which also needs the host's ODBC driver manager and the vendor driver).
 /// </summary>
 public enum SqlProvider
 {
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ public enum SqlProvider
     /// <summary>PostgreSQL via the managed <c>Npgsql</c> provider.</summary>
     Postgres,
 
-    /// <summary>MySQL / MariaDB — reserved; no dialect ships, so this is not constructed.</summary>
+    /// <summary>MySQL / MariaDB via the fully managed <c>MySqlConnector</c> provider.</summary>
     MySql,
 
-    /// <summary>Generic ODBC — reserved; no dialect ships, so this is not constructed.</summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Generic ODBC via <c>System.Data.Odbc</c>, speaking the ANSI SQL:2008 profile (<c>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</c>,
+    ///     <c>FETCH FIRST</c>, positional <c>?</c>) — see <c>OdbcDialect</c> for which backends that fits.
+    /// </summary>
     Odbc,
 
     /// <summary>Oracle Database via the fully managed <c>Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Core</c> provider.</summary>
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/OdbcDialect.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/OdbcDialect.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f381c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/OdbcDialect.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+using System.Data.Common;
+using System.Data.Odbc;
+using System.Globalization;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Generic ODBC dialect (design §2, P3; lmxopcua#753) over <c>System.Data.Odbc</c> — the <b>ANSI SQL:2008
+///     profile</b>: double-quote identifier quoting, positional <c>?</c> parameter markers, the standard
+///     <c>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</c> catalog views, and the standard <c>FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY</c> row limit.
+///     <para><b>What that means for a backend.</b> ODBC abstracts the wire, not the SQL: this dialect works
+///     against a data source whose SQL accepts all four of those — PostgreSQL (psqlODBC), Snowflake, Oracle 12c+
+///     with an <c>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</c> compatibility view set, and similar. A backend that lacks one (SQL Server
+///     needs <c>OFFSET … FETCH</c> after an <c>ORDER BY</c>; MySQL has no <c>FETCH FIRST</c>; DB2 has no
+///     <c>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</c>) should use its native provider. Unlike every other dialect, ODBC also needs a
+///     native driver manager (unixODBC / iODBC / the Windows one) and the vendor's ODBC driver installed on the
+///     host.</para>
+///     <para><b>Parameters are positional.</b> ODBC ignores <see cref="DbParameter.ParameterName"/> and binds
+///     <c>?</c> markers in the order parameters are added, so every caller must add them in the order their
+///     markers appear: the planner's key list is already in marker order, and the catalog SQL below binds
+///     <c>schema</c> before <c>table</c>, the order <c>SqlCatalogLoader</c> and the browse session add them.</para>
+///     <para>Stateless and immutable, so one instance is safely shared.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class OdbcDialect : ISqlDialect
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The identifier ceiling — SQL:2008's 128 characters, which is also SQL Server's and Oracle's. A
+    ///     backend with a lower limit rejects an over-long name itself; the catalog gate only ever quotes
+    ///     names the catalog returned.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal const int MaxIdentifierLength = 128;
+
+    /// <summary>The positional marker every ODBC parameter is spelled with.</summary>
+    internal const string PositionalMarker = "?";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public SqlProvider Provider => SqlProvider.Odbc;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public DbProviderFactory Factory => OdbcFactory.Instance;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string ParameterMarker(string baseName) => PositionalMarker;
+
+    // The name is ignored by the ODBC driver manager (binding is positional) but kept as the bare base name so
+    // the parameter collection stays readable in a log.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string ParameterBindName(string baseName) => baseName;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void ConfigureCommand(DbCommand command)
+    {
+        // Intentionally empty: OdbcCommand needs no per-command setup.
+    }
+
+    // 1000 — conservative, because the backend behind the DSN is unknown: it is Oracle's IN-list ceiling (the
+    // strictest common one) and well inside SQL Server's 2100. A larger key-value group is chunked into several
+    // statements, which costs round-trips and nothing else.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public int MaxBindParameters => 1000;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public string LivenessSql => "SELECT 1";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string SingleRowLimitPrefix => string.Empty;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string SingleRowLimitSuffix => " FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string RowLimitPrefix(int rows)
+    {
+        ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThan(rows, 1);
+        return string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string RowLimitSuffix(int rows)
+    {
+        ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfLessThan(rows, 1);
+        return " FETCH FIRST " + rows.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + " ROWS ONLY";
+    }
+
+    // The schemas holding relations this connection can see — derived from TABLES (not SCHEMATA, which some
+    // backends restrict to owned schemas; the PostgresDialect note). The backend is unknown, so the system
+    // schemas of the common INFORMATION_SCHEMA backends are excluded by name, case-insensitively (UPPER is
+    // standard): the standard's own, PostgreSQL's pg_catalog / pg_toast* / pg_temp* (psqlODBC lists pg_catalog,
+    // proven by the live gate), and SQL Server's / MySQL's sys, mysql, performance_schema. Aliases are
+    // double-quoted so a backend that folds unquoted output names still returns the spelling the consumers read
+    // by name.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string ListSchemasSql =>
+        "SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_SCHEMA AS \"TABLE_SCHEMA\" FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES " +
+        "WHERE UPPER(TABLE_SCHEMA) NOT IN ('INFORMATION_SCHEMA', 'PG_CATALOG', 'SYS', 'MYSQL', 'PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA') " +
+        "AND UPPER(TABLE_SCHEMA) NOT LIKE 'PG\\_TOAST%' ESCAPE '\\' " +
+        "AND UPPER(TABLE_SCHEMA) NOT LIKE 'PG\\_TEMP%' ESCAPE '\\' " +
+        "ORDER BY 1";
+
+    // SQL:2008's CURRENT_SCHEMA is the portable spelling where it exists; a backend without it fails the query
+    // and the loader falls back to the sole visible schema (or authoring must qualify every table).
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string DefaultSchemaSql => "SELECT CURRENT_SCHEMA";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string ListTablesSql =>
+        "SELECT TABLE_NAME AS \"TABLE_NAME\", TABLE_TYPE AS \"TABLE_TYPE\" FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES " +
+        "WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = ? ORDER BY 1";
+
+    // schema BEFORE table — positional binding makes this order part of the contract.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string ListColumnsSql =>
+        "SELECT COLUMN_NAME AS \"COLUMN_NAME\", DATA_TYPE AS \"DATA_TYPE\", IS_NULLABLE AS \"IS_NULLABLE\" " +
+        "FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = ? AND TABLE_NAME = ? ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION";
+
+    // ANSI double-quote quoting, doubling an embedded quote. Same rejection discipline as the sibling dialects
+    // (blank, over-long, control characters incl. NUL, Unicode format characters), never echoing the value.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string QuoteIdentifier(string ident)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ident))
+            throw new ArgumentException("A SQL identifier must be a non-empty, non-whitespace name.", nameof(ident));
+
+        if (ident.Length > MaxIdentifierLength)
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"An ODBC identifier may not exceed {MaxIdentifierLength} characters (got {ident.Length}).",
+                nameof(ident));
+
+        foreach (var ch in ident)
+        {
+            if (char.IsControl(ch))
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    "A SQL identifier may not contain control characters (including NUL).", nameof(ident));
+
+            if (CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(ch) == UnicodeCategory.Format)
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    "A SQL identifier may not contain Unicode format characters "
+                    + "(bidi overrides, zero-width spaces, soft hyphen, BOM).", nameof(ident));
+        }
+
+        return string.Concat("\"", ident.Replace("\"", "\"\"", StringComparison.Ordinal), "\"");
+    }
+
+    // The union of the standard type names and the common backends' spellings (INFORMATION_SCHEMA.DATA_TYPE and
+    // the ODBC driver's GetDataTypeName both reach here). Never throws; unknown ⇒ String.
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public DriverDataType MapColumnType(string sqlDataType)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sqlDataType)) return DriverDataType.String;
+
+        var name = sqlDataType.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        var paren = name.IndexOf('(', StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        if (paren >= 0) name = name[..paren].Trim();
+
+        return name switch
+        {
+            "boolean" or "bool" => DriverDataType.Boolean,
+            "smallint" or "int2" or "tinyint" => DriverDataType.Int16,
+            "integer" or "int" or "int4" => DriverDataType.Int32,
+            "bigint" or "int8" => DriverDataType.Int64,
+            "real" or "float4" => DriverDataType.Float32,
+            "double precision" or "double" or "float" or "float8" or "decimal" or "numeric" or "number"
+                => DriverDataType.Float64,
+            "character varying" or "varchar" or "character" or "char" or "nvarchar" or "nchar" or "text"
+                or "varchar2" or "nvarchar2" or "clob" or "uuid" => DriverDataType.String,
+            "date" or "timestamp" or "timestamp without time zone" or "timestamp with time zone"
+                or "timestamptz" or "datetime" or "datetime2" => DriverDataType.DateTime,
+            _ => DriverDataType.String,
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/SqlDialects.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/SqlDialects.cs
index 4c494b0e..595fcf5c 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/SqlDialects.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/SqlDialects.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public static class SqlDialects
         SqlProvider.Postgres => new PostgresDialect(),
         SqlProvider.Oracle => new OracleDialect(),
         SqlProvider.MySql => new MySqlDialect(),
+        SqlProvider.Odbc => new OdbcDialect(),
         _ => null,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect.csproj b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect.csproj
index 76f69023..73effa45 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect.csproj
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Dialect.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Core" />
     <!-- MySqlDialect (lmxopcua#753): fully managed, so it keeps the "no native client" rule. -->
     <PackageReference Include="MySqlConnector" />
+    <!-- OdbcDialect (lmxopcua#753). Managed wrapper only; the native driver manager is a host prerequisite
+         that is touched only when an Odbc instance opens a connection. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.Odbc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests"/>
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql/SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql/SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.cs
index e86d387a..a0bfc63c 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql/SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql/SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ public static class SqlDriverFactoryExtensions
     ///     <para>The shape rules are <see cref="SqlNamedQueryRules.Describe"/> — the same call the AdminUI driver
     ///     form makes — so the form refuses what this refuses. The one rule added here needs the dialect: every
     ///     declared parameter's marker (<see cref="ISqlDialect.ParameterMarker"/>) must appear in the statement.
-    ///     A provider that binds positionally (<c>?</c>) is exempt, since there is no name to look for.</para>
+    ///     A provider that binds positionally (<c>?</c>) is checked by count instead, since there is no name to
+    ///     look for.</para>
     /// </summary>
     private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, SqlNamedQuery> BuildQueries(
         SqlDriverConfigDto dto, string driverInstanceId, ISqlDialect? dialect)
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ public static class SqlDriverFactoryExtensions
                 if (dialect is not null)
                 {
                     var marker = dialect.ParameterMarker(bare);
-                    if (marker != "?" && !SqlReadOnlyStatement.UsesMarker(sql, marker))
+                    if (marker != SqlReadOnlyStatement.PositionalMarker && !SqlReadOnlyStatement.UsesMarker(sql, marker))
                     {
                         throw new InvalidOperationException(
                             $"Sql driver config for '{driverInstanceId}': named query '{name}' declares parameter " +
@@ -318,6 +319,18 @@ public static class SqlDriverFactoryExtensions
                 values.Add(ToParameterValue(value));
             }
 
+            // A positional provider binds in authored order, so the only check available is the count — and it
+            // matters: one '?' too few binds every later value to the wrong marker.
+            if (dialect is not null
+                && dialect.ParameterMarker("p") == SqlReadOnlyStatement.PositionalMarker
+                && SqlReadOnlyStatement.CountPositionalMarkers(sql) != names.Count)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"Sql driver config for '{driverInstanceId}': named query '{name}' declares {names.Count} " +
+                    $"parameter(s), but its statement has {SqlReadOnlyStatement.CountPositionalMarkers(sql)} " +
+                    $"positional '?' marker(s); {dialect.Provider} binds them in authored order, so the two must match.");
+            }
+
             queries[name] = new SqlNamedQuery(
                 name, sql, names, values, query.MaxRows ?? SqlNamedQueryRules.DefaultMaxRows);
         }
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/Forms/SqlDriverForm.razor b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/Forms/SqlDriverForm.razor
index 8057ad6b..9151782f 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/Forms/SqlDriverForm.razor
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/Forms/SqlDriverForm.razor
@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@
             <div class="col-md-4">
                 <label class="form-label">Provider</label>
                 <InputSelect @bind-Value="_form.Provider" @bind-Value:after="EmitAsync" class="form-select form-select-sm">
-                    @* Every provider SqlDialects constructs; Odbc stays a reserved SqlProvider member and is
-                       deliberately not offered (authoring one fails the driver). *@
+                    @* Every provider SqlDialects constructs. *@
                     <option value="@SqlProvider.SqlServer">@SqlProvider.SqlServer</option>
                     <option value="@SqlProvider.Postgres">@SqlProvider.Postgres</option>
                     <option value="@SqlProvider.Oracle">@SqlProvider.Oracle</option>
                     <option value="@SqlProvider.MySql">@SqlProvider.MySql</option>
+                    <option value="@SqlProvider.Odbc">@SqlProvider.Odbc</option>
                 </InputSelect>
-                <div class="form-text">SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL/MariaDB supported; Odbc reserved.</div>
+                <div class="form-text">
+                    SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL/MariaDB use managed providers. Odbc speaks ANSI SQL
+                    (INFORMATION_SCHEMA, FETCH FIRST, positional ?) and needs the ODBC driver manager + vendor driver on every host.
+                </div>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-8">
                 <label class="form-label">Connection string ref <span class="text-danger">*</span></label>
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Browser.Tests/SqlDriverBrowserTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Browser.Tests/SqlDriverBrowserTests.cs
index 48785663..f84e70db 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Browser.Tests/SqlDriverBrowserTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Browser.Tests/SqlDriverBrowserTests.cs
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverBrowserTests
         SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(SqlProvider.Postgres).ShouldBeOfType<PostgresDialect>();
         SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(SqlProvider.Oracle).ShouldBeOfType<OracleDialect>();
         SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(SqlProvider.MySql).ShouldBeOfType<MySqlDialect>();
+        SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(SqlProvider.Odbc).ShouldBeOfType<OdbcDialect>();
 
-        SqlProvider[] carried = [SqlProvider.SqlServer, SqlProvider.Postgres, SqlProvider.Oracle, SqlProvider.MySql];
-        foreach (var provider in Enum.GetValues<SqlProvider>().Where(p => !carried.Contains(p)))
-            SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(provider).ShouldBeNull();
+        // Every declared member is carried now; an undeclared ordinal is the control that must stay null.
+        foreach (var provider in Enum.GetValues<SqlProvider>())
+            SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector(provider).ShouldNotBeNull();
+        SqlDriverBrowser.DefaultDialectSelector((SqlProvider)99).ShouldBeNull();
     }
 
     // ---- connection-string reference resolution ----
@@ -189,8 +191,8 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverBrowserTests
     // ---- provider availability ----
 
     /// <summary>
-    ///     The falsifiability control for the widened browse gate: <see cref="SqlProvider.Odbc"/> is still
-    ///     reserved and must be reported as unavailable, naming itself.
+    ///     The falsifiability control for the widened browse gate: an undeclared provider ordinal must be
+    ///     reported as unavailable, naming itself.
     /// </summary>
     [Fact]
     public async Task Open_providerThisBuildDoesNotCarry_saysNotAvailableInThisBuild()
@@ -199,9 +201,9 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverBrowserTests
 
         var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
             browser.OpenAsync(
-                ConfigJson("Odbc", connectionStringRef: "MesStaging"), CancellationToken.None));
+                ConfigJson("99", connectionStringRef: "MesStaging"), CancellationToken.None));
 
-        ex.Message.ShouldContain("Odbc");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("99");
         ex.Message.ShouldContain("not available in this build");
     }
 
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverBrowserTests
 
         var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
             browser.OpenAsync(
-                ConfigJson("Odbc", connectionStringRef: "MesStaging"), CancellationToken.None));
+                ConfigJson("99", connectionStringRef: "MesStaging"), CancellationToken.None));
 
         ex.Message.ShouldContain("not available in this build");
         reads.ShouldBeEmpty();
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8e279839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# The Sql driver's ODBC live gate (OdbcReadTests, lmxopcua#753), fully throwaway.
+#
+# A macOS dev box has no ODBC vendor driver, so the gate runs the ALREADY-BUILT test assembly inside a Linux
+# .NET SDK container that apt-installs unixODBC + psqlODBC, against a disposable PostgreSQL seeded with the same
+# seed-pg.sql the Postgres suite uses. Everything it starts is removed on exit (trap), success or failure.
+#
+#   dotnet build tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests -c Release
+#   tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh
+#
+# Needs network egress from the SDK container for apt. SDK_IMAGE can be overridden.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT="$(cd "$HERE/../.." && pwd)"
+BIN="$PROJECT/bin/Release/net10.0"
+SDK_IMAGE="${SDK_IMAGE:-mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0.103-noble}"
+NET=otopcua-sql-odbc-net
+PG=otopcua-sql-odbc-pg
+PW="Sqlodbc_dev_pw1"
+
+[ -f "$BIN/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests.dll" ] || { echo "build the suite in Release first: $BIN" >&2; exit 2; }
+
+cleanup() { docker rm -f "$PG" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; docker network rm "$NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; }
+trap cleanup EXIT
+cleanup
+
+docker network create "$NET" >/dev/null
+docker run -d --name "$PG" --network "$NET" --label project=lmxopcua \
+  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$PW" -e POSTGRES_DB=sqlpollfixture postgres:17-alpine >/dev/null
+
+for _ in $(seq 1 60); do docker exec "$PG" pg_isready -U postgres -d sqlpollfixture >/dev/null 2>&1 && break; sleep 1; done
+docker exec -i "$PG" psql -q -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -v app_password="$PW" -U postgres -d sqlpollfixture \
+  < "$PROJECT/Docker/postgres/seed-pg.sql"
+
+docker run --rm --network "$NET" -v "$BIN":/suite -w /suite \
+  -e SQL_ODBC_CONNECTION_STRING="Driver={PostgreSQL Unicode};Server=$PG;Port=5432;Database=sqlpollfixture;Uid=otopcua;Pwd=$PW" \
+  "$SDK_IMAGE" bash -c '
+    set -e
+    apt-get update -qq >/dev/null && apt-get install -y -qq unixodbc odbc-postgresql >/dev/null
+    odbcinst -q -d
+    dotnet ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests.dll -class ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests.OdbcReadTests
+  '
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/OdbcReadTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/OdbcReadTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aea984ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests/OdbcReadTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Browser;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.IntegrationTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The <c>Sql</c> driver over <b>ODBC</b> (lmxopcua#753) — <c>OdbcDialect</c>'s ANSI profile through
+///     <c>System.Data.Odbc</c>, the platform driver manager and a vendor ODBC driver, against the PostgreSQL
+///     fixture's seed (<c>Docker/postgres</c>). What only a live ODBC stack can prove: positional <c>?</c>
+///     binding in planner/catalog order, <c>FETCH FIRST</c> paging, the <c>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</c> catalog through
+///     a driver, and the named-query transaction over ODBC's manual-commit mode.
+///     <para><b>Env-gated on <see cref="ConnectionStringEnvVar"/></b> — a full ODBC connection string, e.g.
+///     <c>Driver={PostgreSQL Unicode};Server=…;Port=…;Database=sqlpollfixture;Uid=otopcua;Pwd=…</c>. A macOS dev
+///     box normally has no ODBC driver installed, so these skip there; they run inside a Linux container with
+///     <c>unixodbc</c> + <c>odbc-postgresql</c> (see <c>Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh</c>).</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class OdbcReadTests
+{
+    /// <summary>The full ODBC connection string. Absent ⇒ skip.</summary>
+    public const string ConnectionStringEnvVar = "SQL_ODBC_CONNECTION_STRING";
+
+    private static readonly string? ConnectionString =
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(ConnectionStringEnvVar) is { Length: > 0 } cs ? cs : null;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task InitializeAndRead_overOdbc_keyValueWideRowAndTopByTimestamp()
+    {
+        SkipUnlessLive();
+
+        await using var driver = await StartAsync(null,
+            Tag("Kv/Speed", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "KeyValue", ["table"] = "sqlpoll.tag_values", ["keyColumn"] = "tag_name",
+                ["keyValue"] = "Line1.Speed", ["valueColumn"] = "num_value", ["timestampColumn"] = "sample_ts",
+            }),
+            Tag("Kv/Pressure", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "KeyValue", ["table"] = "sqlpoll.tag_values", ["keyColumn"] = "tag_name",
+                ["keyValue"] = "Line1.Pressure", ["valueColumn"] = "num_value",
+            }),
+            Tag("Wide/Newest", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "WideRow", ["table"] = "sqlpoll.latest_status", ["columnName"] = "oven_temp",
+                ["rowSelector"] = new JsonObject { ["topByTimestamp"] = "sample_ts" },
+            }),
+            Tag("Wide/Station7", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "WideRow", ["table"] = "sqlpoll.latest_status", ["columnName"] = "pressure",
+                ["rowSelector"] = new JsonObject { ["whereColumn"] = "station_id", ["whereValue"] = 7 },
+            }));
+
+        driver.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Healthy);
+        var snapshots = await driver.ReadAsync(
+            ["Kv/Speed", "Kv/Pressure", "Wide/Newest", "Wide/Station7"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        snapshots.Select(s => s.StatusCode).ShouldAllBe(code => code == SqlStatusCodes.Good);
+        // Two keys in one IN (?, ?) list: each value landing on its own tag is the positional-binding proof.
+        Number(snapshots[0]).ShouldBe(42.0);
+        Number(snapshots[1]).ShouldBe(3.5);
+        snapshots[0].SourceTimestampUtc.ShouldBe(new DateTime(2026, 7, 24, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+        Number(snapshots[2]).ShouldBe(210.25);   // ORDER BY … DESC FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY
+        Number(snapshots[3]).ShouldBe(1.2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NamedQuery_overOdbc_bindsPositionalParametersInAuthoredOrder()
+    {
+        SkipUnlessLive();
+
+        await using var driver = await StartAsync(
+            """{"band":{"sql":"SELECT station_id AS station, oven_temp AS temp FROM sqlpoll.latest_status WHERE pressure > ? AND pressure < ?","params":{"lo":1.3,"hi":1.5}}}""",
+            Tag("Q/Eight", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "Query", ["query"] = "band", ["column"] = "temp",
+                ["rowKey"] = new JsonObject { ["column"] = "station", ["value"] = 8 },
+            }),
+            Tag("Q/Seven", new JsonObject
+            {
+                ["model"] = "Query", ["query"] = "band", ["column"] = "temp",
+                ["rowKey"] = new JsonObject { ["column"] = "station", ["value"] = 7 },
+            }));
+
+        var snapshots = await driver.ReadAsync(["Q/Eight", "Q/Seven"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        snapshots[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(SqlStatusCodes.Good);   // 1.4 is inside (1.3, 1.5)
+        Number(snapshots[0]).ShouldBe(210.25);
+        snapshots[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(SqlStatusCodes.BadNoData);   // 1.2 is outside — the bounds were bound in order
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Browse_overOdbc_walksSchemaToColumns()
+    {
+        SkipUnlessLive();
+
+        var config = new JsonObject
+        {
+            ["provider"] = nameof(SqlProvider.Odbc),
+            ["connectionString"] = ConnectionString,
+        }.ToJsonString();
+
+        await using var session = await new SqlDriverBrowser().OpenAsync(config, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var schema = (await session.RootAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken))
+            .ShouldHaveSingleItem("the fixture login can SELECT in exactly one schema");
+        var tables = await session.ExpandAsync(schema.NodeId, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var columns = await session.ExpandAsync(
+            tables.First(t => t.DisplayName == "tag_values").NodeId, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        columns.Select(c => c.DisplayName).ShouldBe(["tag_name", "num_value", "sample_ts"]);
+    }
+
+    private static double Number(DataValueSnapshot snapshot) => Convert.ToDouble(snapshot.Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+    private static void SkipUnlessLive()
+    {
+        if (ConnectionString is null)
+            Assert.Skip($"Set {ConnectionStringEnvVar} to a full ODBC connection string (and install the driver manager + a " +
+                        "vendor ODBC driver) to run the Sql driver's ODBC gate. See Docker/odbc/run-odbc-gate.sh.");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Builds the driver through the production factory with <c>provider: Odbc</c>.</summary>
+    private static async Task<SqlDriver> StartAsync(string? queriesJson, params RawTagEntry[] tags)
+    {
+        var reference = $"OdbcIt{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(SqlConnectionStringResolver.EnvironmentVariableFor(reference), ConnectionString);
+
+        var rawTags = new JsonArray();
+        foreach (var tag in tags)
+            rawTags.Add(new JsonObject { ["rawPath"] = tag.RawPath, ["tagConfig"] = tag.TagConfig, ["writeIdempotent"] = false });
+
+        var config = new JsonObject
+        {
+            ["provider"] = nameof(SqlProvider.Odbc),
+            ["connectionStringRef"] = reference,
+            ["rawTags"] = rawTags,
+        };
+        if (queriesJson is not null) config["queries"] = JsonNode.Parse(queriesJson);
+        var json = config.ToJsonString();
+
+        var driver = SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.CreateInstance("sql-odbc-integration", json);
+        try
+        {
+            await driver.InitializeAsync(json, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            await driver.DisposeAsync();
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        return driver;
+    }
+
+    private static RawTagEntry Tag(string rawPath, JsonObject config)
+    {
+        config["driver"] = "Sql";
+        return new RawTagEntry(rawPath, config.ToJsonString(), WriteIdempotent: false);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/OdbcDialectTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/OdbcDialectTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3b86742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/OdbcDialectTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+using System.Data.Odbc;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Golden tests for <see cref="OdbcDialect"/> (lmxopcua#753) — the ANSI SQL:2008 profile over
+///     <c>System.Data.Odbc</c>. These run on any host because none of them opens a connection (opening one needs
+///     the platform's ODBC driver manager plus a vendor driver); the live leg is <c>OdbcReadTests</c>.
+///     <para><b>The sharp edge is positional binding.</b> ODBC ignores parameter names and binds <c>?</c> markers in
+///     the order parameters are added, so every SQL text this dialect produces must place its markers in the order
+///     its callers bind — pinned below for the planner's key list and the catalog's schema-then-table pair.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public class OdbcDialectTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Dialect_identifiesItselfAsOdbc_withPositionalMarkers()
+    {
+        var d = new OdbcDialect();
+        d.Provider.ShouldBe(SqlProvider.Odbc);
+        d.Factory.ShouldBeSameAs(OdbcFactory.Instance);
+        d.ParameterMarker("k0").ShouldBe("?");
+        d.ParameterMarker("schema").ShouldBe("?");
+        d.ParameterBindName("k0").ShouldBe("k0");
+        d.LivenessSql.ShouldBe("SELECT 1");
+        d.MaxBindParameters.ShouldBe(1000);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuoteIdentifier_isAnsiDoubleQuoting()
+    {
+        var d = new OdbcDialect();
+        d.QuoteIdentifier("Speed").ShouldBe("\"Speed\"");
+        d.QuoteIdentifier("x\" ; DROP TABLE users --").ShouldBe("\"x\"\" ; DROP TABLE users --\"");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("  ")]
+    [InlineData("a\0b")]
+    [InlineData("a‮b")]
+    public void QuoteIdentifier_rejectsWhatCannotBeACatalogName(string ident)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => new OdbcDialect().QuoteIdentifier(ident));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuoteIdentifier_capsAt128Characters()
+    {
+        new OdbcDialect().QuoteIdentifier(new string('a', 128)).Length.ShouldBe(130);
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => new OdbcDialect().QuoteIdentifier(new string('a', 129)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RowLimits_areTheStandardFetchFirst_inTheSuffixPosition()
+    {
+        var d = new OdbcDialect();
+        d.SingleRowLimitPrefix.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        d.SingleRowLimitSuffix.ShouldBe(" FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY");
+        d.RowLimitPrefix(3).ShouldBeEmpty();
+        d.RowLimitSuffix(3).ShouldBe(" FETCH FIRST 3 ROWS ONLY");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CatalogSql_isInformationSchema_withSchemaBoundBeforeTable()
+    {
+        var d = new OdbcDialect();
+        d.ListSchemasSql.ShouldContain("INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES");
+        d.ListSchemasSql.ShouldContain("AS \"TABLE_SCHEMA\"");
+        // The backend is unknown, so the common backends' system schemas are excluded by name (the live gate
+        // caught psqlODBC listing pg_catalog).
+        foreach (var system in new[] { "'INFORMATION_SCHEMA'", "'PG_CATALOG'", "'SYS'", "PG\\_TOAST%" })
+            d.ListSchemasSql.ShouldContain(system);
+        d.ListTablesSql.Count(ch => ch == '?').ShouldBe(1);
+        // Two positional markers: the first must be the schema, because SqlCatalogLoader and SqlBrowseSession
+        // bind schema first.
+        d.ListColumnsSql.Count(ch => ch == '?').ShouldBe(2);
+        d.ListColumnsSql.IndexOf("TABLE_SCHEMA = ?", StringComparison.Ordinal)
+            .ShouldBeLessThan(d.ListColumnsSql.IndexOf("TABLE_NAME = ?", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("integer", DriverDataType.Int32)]
+    [InlineData("bigint", DriverDataType.Int64)]
+    [InlineData("smallint", DriverDataType.Int16)]
+    [InlineData("double precision", DriverDataType.Float64)]
+    [InlineData("numeric(10,2)", DriverDataType.Float64)]
+    [InlineData("real", DriverDataType.Float32)]
+    [InlineData("boolean", DriverDataType.Boolean)]
+    [InlineData("character varying", DriverDataType.String)]
+    [InlineData("timestamp without time zone", DriverDataType.DateTime)]
+    [InlineData("date", DriverDataType.DateTime)]
+    [InlineData("geometry", DriverDataType.String)]
+    [InlineData("", DriverDataType.String)]
+    public void MapColumnType_mapsTheStandardAndCommonSpellings(string sql, DriverDataType expected)
+        => new OdbcDialect().MapColumnType(sql).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Planner_keyValuePlan_placesOneMarkerPerKey_inBindOrder()
+    {
+        var plan = SqlGroupPlanner.Plan(
+        [
+            new SqlTagDefinition("A", SqlTagModel.KeyValue, "s.t", KeyColumn: "k", KeyValue: "a", ValueColumn: "v"),
+            new SqlTagDefinition("B", SqlTagModel.KeyValue, "s.t", KeyColumn: "k", KeyValue: "b", ValueColumn: "v"),
+        ], new OdbcDialect()).ShouldHaveSingleItem();
+
+        plan.SqlText.ShouldBe("SELECT \"k\", \"v\" FROM \"s\".\"t\" WHERE \"k\" IN (?, ?) FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY");
+        plan.Parameters.ShouldBe(["a", "b"]);   // positional: value i binds marker i
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Factory_aPositionalNamedQuery_mustCarryOneMarkerPerParameter()
+    {
+        SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.BuildOptions(
+                Dto("""{"q":{"sql":"SELECT a FROM t WHERE x = ? AND y = '?' AND z = ?","params":{"x":1,"z":2}}}"""),
+                "d1", new OdbcDialect())
+            .Queries["q"].ParameterNames.ShouldBe(["x", "z"]);   // the '?' inside a literal is not a marker
+
+        Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.BuildOptions(
+                Dto("""{"q":{"sql":"SELECT a FROM t WHERE x = ?","params":{"x":1,"z":2}}}"""), "d1", new OdbcDialect()))
+            .Message.ShouldContain("positional");
+    }
+
+    private static SqlDriverConfigDto Dto(string queriesJson) => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SqlDriverConfigDto>(
+        new JsonObject { ["connectionStringRef"] = "x", ["queries"] = JsonNode.Parse(queriesJson) }.ToJsonString(),
+        SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.JsonOptionsForTest)!;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverFactoryTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverFactoryTests.cs
index c639ce1f..52cfdd36 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverFactoryTests.cs
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFactoryTests
     // ---- provider gate ----
 
     /// <summary>
-    ///     The falsifiability control for the widened gate: <see cref="SqlProvider.Odbc"/> is still a
-    ///     reserved name and must fail loudly at construction, naming itself. Without this leg, a gate that
+    ///     The falsifiability control for the widened gate: every declared member now constructs, so an
+    ///     out-of-range ordinal (a config authored against a future enum) stands in for "a provider this build
+    ///     does not carry" — it must fail loudly at construction, naming itself. Without this leg, a gate that
     ///     had quietly become "construct anything" would pass every test below.
     /// </summary>
     [Fact]
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFactoryTests
             SqlConnectionStringResolver.EnvironmentVariableFor(name), "Host=h;Database=db");
 
         var ex = Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.CreateInstance(
-            "d1", $$"""{"provider":"Odbc","connectionStringRef":"{{name}}"}""", null));
+            "d1", $$"""{"provider":99,"connectionStringRef":"{{name}}"}""", null));
 
-        ex.Message.ShouldContain("Odbc");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("99");
         ex.Message.ShouldContain("not available in this build");
     }
 
@@ -175,9 +176,10 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFactoryTests
             SqlConnectionStringResolver.EnvironmentVariableFor(name), "Host=h;Database=db");
 
         var ex = Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => SqlDriverFactoryExtensions.CreateInstance(
-            "d1", $$"""{"provider":"Odbc","connectionStringRef":"{{name}}"}""", null));
+            "d1", $$"""{"provider":99,"connectionStringRef":"{{name}}"}""", null));
 
         ex.Message.ShouldContain(nameof(SqlProvider.SqlServer));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain(nameof(SqlProvider.Odbc));
         ex.Message.ShouldContain(nameof(SqlProvider.Postgres));
         ex.Message.ShouldContain(nameof(SqlProvider.Oracle));
         ex.Message.ShouldContain(nameof(SqlProvider.MySql));
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFactoryTests
     [InlineData("Postgres", typeof(PostgresDialect))]
     [InlineData("Oracle", typeof(OracleDialect))]
     [InlineData("MySql", typeof(MySqlDialect))]
+    [InlineData("Odbc", typeof(OdbcDialect))]
     public void ParseBinding_aSupportedProvider_bindsThatProvidersDialect(string provider, Type expected)
     {
         var name = NewRef();
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFactoryTests
     [InlineData("Postgres")]
     [InlineData("Oracle")]
     [InlineData("MySql")]
+    [InlineData("Odbc")]
     public async Task CreateInstance_aNewlySupportedProvider_constructsPastTheProviderGate(string provider)
     {
         var name = NewRef();
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverProbeTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverProbeTests.cs
index 3a276062..f9693604 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverProbeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.Tests/SqlDriverProbeTests.cs
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverProbeTests
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.Postgres)]
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.Oracle)]
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.MySql)]
+    [InlineData(SqlProvider.Odbc)]
     public void ProductionDialectGate_constructsEveryShippedProvider(SqlProvider provider)
         => SqlDriverProbe.DefaultDialectForTest(provider).Provider.ShouldBe(provider);
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverProbeTests
     ///     rejected. Without this, widening the gate to "return a dialect for anything" would pass.
     /// </summary>
     [Theory]
-    [InlineData(SqlProvider.Odbc)]
+    [InlineData((SqlProvider)99)]   // every declared member constructs; an undeclared ordinal must not
     public void ProductionDialectGate_stillRejectsReservedProviders(SqlProvider provider)
         => Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => SqlDriverProbe.DefaultDialectForTest(provider))
             .Message.ShouldContain(provider.ToString());
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI.Tests/Uns/SqlDriverFormContractTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI.Tests/Uns/SqlDriverFormContractTests.cs
index 697659bb..69770dfd 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI.Tests/Uns/SqlDriverFormContractTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI.Tests/Uns/SqlDriverFormContractTests.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFormContractTests
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.Postgres, "Postgres")]
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.Oracle, "Oracle")]
     [InlineData(SqlProvider.MySql, "MySql")]
+    [InlineData(SqlProvider.Odbc, "Odbc")]
     public void Every_dropdown_provider_round_trips_through_the_form_model(SqlProvider provider, string name)
     {
         var form = new SqlDriverForm.FormModel { Provider = provider, ConnectionStringRef = "MesStaging" };
@@ -117,18 +118,16 @@ public sealed class SqlDriverFormContractTests
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    ///     Odbc stays reserved-and-rejected in this build, so the dropdown deliberately does not offer it. Nothing in the form model blocks the value — this records the intent so a later "the enum has
-    ///     five members, the dropdown should too" edit has to argue with a test.
+    ///     The dropdown offers every provider the build constructs (lmxopcua#753 made all five enum members real),
+    ///     so the form-model theory above must cover exactly <see cref="SqlDialects.Supported"/> — a provider added
+    ///     to the map without a dropdown option (or the reverse) has to argue with this test.
     /// </summary>
-    [Theory]
-    [InlineData(SqlProvider.Odbc)]
-    public void Reserved_providers_are_not_offered_but_still_serialize_by_name(SqlProvider reserved)
-    {
-        var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(
-            new SqlDriverForm.FormModel { Provider = reserved, ConnectionStringRef = "R" }.ToDto(), FormOptions);
+    [Fact]
+    public void Every_constructed_provider_is_covered_by_the_dropdown_theory()
+        => SqlDialects.Supported.ShouldBe(
+            [SqlProvider.SqlServer, SqlProvider.Postgres, SqlProvider.MySql, SqlProvider.Odbc, SqlProvider.Oracle],
+            ignoreOrder: true);
 
-        json.ShouldContain($"\"provider\":\"{reserved}\"");
-    }
     // ---- named queries (lmxopcua#753): the form refuses exactly what the factory refuses ----
 
     /// <summary>