Re: BLOB handling compatibility with PostgreSQL > 7.4

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Marc Herbert <Marc(dot)Herbert(at)continuent(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BLOB handling compatibility with PostgreSQL > 7.4
Date: 2005-12-09 11:06:34
Message-ID: 200512091206.35456.peter_e@gmx.net
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Marc Herbert wrote:
> > I was thinking the ODBC driver should provide the appropriate
> > mapping.
>
> We aim to be as transparent as possible and avoid "mappings".
> <http://www.continuent.org/>

So continuent is now writing an ODBC driver for PostgreSQL, or what are
you trying to say?

> Moreover, the respective interfaces have very different semantics
> (pointer or not). This can be a reason in itself to prefer one or the
> other type, whatever the underlying implementation is.

This is handwaving. I know the section in the documentation; I wrote
it. But what actual reasons do you have for using one or the other?

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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