diff --git a/ext/pdo_odbc/config.m4 b/ext/pdo_odbc/config.m4
index 5216b5eb90b..e69a8a6bc73 100755
--- a/ext/pdo_odbc/config.m4
+++ b/ext/pdo_odbc/config.m4
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 dnl $Id$
 dnl config.m4 for extension pdo_odbc
 
-PHP_ARG_WITH(pdo-odbc,  PDBC driver for PDO,
-[[ --with-pdo-odbc=flavour,dir  Add support for "flavour" ODBC drivers,
-                               looking for include and lib dirs under "dir"
+AC_DEFUN(PDO_ODBC_HELP_TEXT, [[
+ --with-pdo-odbc=flavour,dir  Add support for "flavour" ODBC drivers,
+                              looking for include and lib dirs under "dir"
          
         flavour can be one of:
            ibm-db2, unixODBC
 
-        The extension will always be created as a shared extension
+        You may omit the ,dir part to use a reasonable default for
+        the flavour you have selected. e.g.:
+            --with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC
+        will check for unixODBC under /usr/local
+
+        This extension will always be created as a shared extension
         named pdo_odbc.so
 ]])
 
+PHP_ARG_WITH(pdo-odbc,  ODBC v3 driver for PDO, PDO_ODBC_HELP_TEXT)
+
 AC_DEFUN([PDO_ODBC_CHECK_HEADER],[
   if test -f $PDO_ODBC_INCDIR/$1 ; then
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_]translit($1,a-z_.-,A-Z___), 1, [ ])
   fi
 ])
                                   
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(which ODBC flavour you want)
 if test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "no" && test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "yes" ; then
   pdo_odbc_flavour=`echo $withval | cut -d, -f1`
   pdo_odbc_dir=`echo $withval | cut -d, -f2`
@@ -26,9 +34,6 @@ if test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "no" && test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "yes" ; then
     pdo_odbc_dir=""
   fi
 
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(which ODBC flavour you want)
-
   case $pdo_odbc_flavour in
     ibm-db2)
         pdo_odbc_def_libdir=/home/db2inst/sqllib/lib
@@ -43,7 +48,9 @@ if test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "no" && test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "yes" ; then
         ;;
 
       *)
-        AC_MSG_ERROR(Unknown ODBC flavour $pdo_odbc_flavour)
+        AC_MSG_ERROR(Unknown ODBC flavour $pdo_odbc_flavour
+PDO_ODBC_HELP_TEXT      
+)
         ;;
   esac
 
@@ -95,5 +102,10 @@ if test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "no" && test "$PHP_PDO_ODBC" != "yes" ; then
   PHP_SUBST(PDO_ODBC_SHARED_LIBADD)
 
   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(pdo_odbc, pdo_odbc.c odbc_driver.c odbc_stmt.c, yes,,-I\$prefix/include/php/ext $PDO_ODBC_INCLUDE)
+else
+  AC_MSG_ERROR(
+Unknown ODBC flavour $PHP_PDO_ODBC
+PDO_ODBC_HELP_TEXT
+)
 fi
 
diff --git a/ext/pdo_odbc/package.xml b/ext/pdo_odbc/package.xml
index 0b552d897aa..57e9d990aa9 100755
--- a/ext/pdo_odbc/package.xml
+++ b/ext/pdo_odbc/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
 <!DOCTYPE package SYSTEM "../pear/package.dtd">
 <package version="1.0">
- <name>pdo_odbc</name>
+ <name>PDO_ODBC</name>
  <summary>ODBC v3 Interface driver for PDO</summary>
  <maintainers>
   <maintainer>
@@ -11,18 +11,25 @@
    <role>lead</role>
   </maintainer>
  </maintainers>
+ <configureoptions>
+	 <configureoption name="with-pdo-odbc" prompt="flavour,dir? (just leave blank for help)"/>
+</configureoptions>
  <description>
 	 This extension provides an ODBC v3 driver for PDO.  It supports unixODBC
-	 and IBM DB2 libraries, and will most likely support many more.
+	 and IBM DB2 libraries, and will support more in future releases.
  </description>
  <license>PHP</license>
  <release>
   <state>alpha</state>
-  <version>0.1dev</version>
-  <date>2004-05-18</date>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <date>2004-05-21</date>
 
   <notes>
-   Still much to be done.
+   You need to install the PDO core module before you can make use of this one.
+   You also require either IBM DB2 CLI libraries or unixODBC.
+
+   If you are running on windows, you can download the binary from here:
+   http://snaps.php.net/win32/PECL_5_0/php_pdo_odbc.dll
   </notes>
 
   <filelist>
@@ -37,8 +44,8 @@
    <file role="doc" name="CREDITS"/>
   </filelist>
   <deps>
-   <dep type="php" rel="ge" version="5.0.0"/>
-   <dep type="ext" rel="ge" version="0.1-dev"/>
+   <dep type="php" rel="ge" version="5.0.0RC3dev"/>
+   <dep type="ext" rel="ge" name="pdo" version="0.1"/>
   </deps>
  </release>
 </package>
diff --git a/ext/pdo_odbc/pdo_odbc.c b/ext/pdo_odbc/pdo_odbc.c
index d09f18995b0..4564ac67e02 100755
--- a/ext/pdo_odbc/pdo_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_odbc/pdo_odbc.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function_entry pdo_odbc_functions[] = {
 /* {{{ pdo_odbc_module_entry */
 zend_module_entry pdo_odbc_module_entry = {
 	STANDARD_MODULE_HEADER,
-	"pdo_odbc",
+	"PDO_ODBC",
 	pdo_odbc_functions,
 	PHP_MINIT(pdo_odbc),
 	PHP_MSHUTDOWN(pdo_odbc),