Re: Pgsql on Windows

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>
Cc: Gene Vital <genevital(at)karibe(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Pgsql on Windows
Date: 2003-10-14 15:21:47
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0310140920210.2514-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:37, Gene Vital wrote:
> > Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> > > I don't see how ODBC fits in to this at all. There is no need for ODBC
> > > if postgresql is running via cygwin, running on a remote linux box, or
> > > even native on windows.
> >
> > I am new to PostgreSQL
> > what other options are available to connect then ?
>
> When you have postgresql support compiled into PHP, then PHP connects
> directly using native PostgreSQL calls (libpq), no ODBC layer to deal
> with.

Note that ODBC may still be preferred if you're trying to write a very
generic app like a bulletin board or something. But the native layer
generally reveals a little more of the database API to the code, which is
sometimes quite nice too.

It's all a trade off, I mostly use the native pgsql API and am very happy
with it.

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