Re: where can i find documentation of odbc api

--- saurabh agarwal <saurabhagarwal(at)post(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
> i need to access backend database postgres with c++
> on solaris platform.
> I am new to databse and i have an impression that
> odbc is a api which
> is same over all platforms am i wrong about that
> ,and if i am correct where can
> i find list of all functions.
> thanks
>
>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odbc/htm/dasdkodbcoverview.asp

Not all functions are supported by the pgsqlodbc
driver; I am not aware of any documentation which
definitively states which. I suggest that you test
before relying on any.

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Gamache <cgg007(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:27:43 -0700 (PDT)
> To: saurabh agarwal
> <saurabhagarwal(at)post(dot)com>,pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] where can i find documentation
> of odbc api
>
> > I'd love to help, but need a few more bits of
> information...
> >
> > Are you wanting to improve the ODBC component, or
> are you wanting to access
> > back-end data stored in a PostgreSQL database from
> your application?
> >
> > If its the former, I can't help you there...
> Coding at that level is magical to
> > me.
> >
> > If it is the latter, it depends on your
> development environment. For a
> > Microsoft environment you can use ADO, which uses
> ODBC transparently to access
> > back-end data. For a Perl Environment you can use
> DBI, which can access
> > PostgreSQL natively, or through ODBC. Delphi has
> native access and ODBC access.
> > The list goes on and on...
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > CG
> >
> >
> > --- saurabh agarwal <saurabhagarwal(at)post(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I want to use ODBC for connecting to Postgres
> can i find consolidated
> > > ODBC api (soft copy) somewhere.
> > > Preferably PDF or html.
> > >
> > > Plesae help.
> > > Thanks\
> > > Saurabh Agarwal
> > >
> > > --
> > >
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