From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: unixODBC vs. iODBC |
Date: | 2004-07-09 20:14:26 |
Message-ID: | E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E40C392C@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Peter Eisentraut
> Sent: 09 July 2004 19:57
> To: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [ODBC] unixODBC vs. iODBC
>
> Now that we have removed that "neither unixODBC nor iODBC"
> version of the Unix variant of the driver, you get
> uncontrolled breakage when you just run "./configure; make;
> make install". I think it would be beneficial to add
> automatic detection of the available driver manager.
> That is:
>
> - if --with-unixodbc is specified, use unixODBC
>
> - if --with-iodbc is specified, use iODBC
>
> - if both are specified, abort
>
> - if neither is specified, search for unixODBC, then iODBC (I
> think that is the order of popularity; tell me if I'm wrong).
> If neither is found, abort.
>
> Comments?
Sounds perfectly sensible to me. Although not a user myself, my sense
from posts on the lists is also that unixODBC is the most popular.
Regards, Dave.
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