Re: Joys of Linux
From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:16:47 +0200
Message-ID: <7kg9hfF38cjnmU3_at_mid.individual.net>
On 10/24/2009 08:23 AM, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:22:29 +0000, Mladen Gogala wrote:
>
>
> OEL doesn't have the right version, either. It's still unixODBC 2.2.11.
> The problem was reported to Red Hat in December 2008, still unresolved.
> I am starting to believe that the big boys are playing politics:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475615
>
> The solution is described here:
> http://kuroyi.net/category/odbc/
>
> Of course, it's unsupported to link the driver manager from the source.
> If any form of technical assistance is needed, you will be out of luck.
> My impression is that the state of ODBC on Linux is really sad on purpose
> because interoperability isn't in the best interest of the big software
> vendors.
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:16:47 +0200
Message-ID: <7kg9hfF38cjnmU3_at_mid.individual.net>
On 10/24/2009 08:23 AM, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:22:29 +0000, Mladen Gogala wrote:
>
>> I am downloading the DVD with Oracle EL 5.4, in order to see whether it >> has the right version of the driver manager. Fortunately, RR is rather >> fast and that will be done quickly.
>
> OEL doesn't have the right version, either. It's still unixODBC 2.2.11.
> The problem was reported to Red Hat in December 2008, still unresolved.
> I am starting to believe that the big boys are playing politics:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475615
>
> The solution is described here:
> http://kuroyi.net/category/odbc/
>
> Of course, it's unsupported to link the driver manager from the source.
> If any form of technical assistance is needed, you will be out of luck.
> My impression is that the state of ODBC on Linux is really sad on purpose
> because interoperability isn't in the best interest of the big software
> vendors.
Or maybe that interface is just too infrequently used. I guess many applications that need to run on Linux will either use JDBC or OCI. Do you think this is a wrong assumption?
Kind regards
robert
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