Re: ODBC & Oracle

Re: ODBC adapters and drivers for Unix:

Perhaps the vendors aren't going to do that themselves, or maybe they will, but in the meantime, you should contact any of the ODBC suppliers for Windows, like Q+E, PageAhead, VisionWare (UK), Information Builders, and MicroDecisionware, since at least some of them are doing just that.

Good luck!

• Dennis Moore, my own opinions, etcetcetc

In article <CJA52F.GF6_at_stiatl.uucp> kwh_at_stiatl.uucp (Kurt Hoyt) writes:
>maxs_at_kaija.spb.su (Nick Maximov) writes:
>>Is there ODBC SDK available to use on Unix systems? How to get
>
>We have yet to find a database vendor that has any interest at all in
>providing an ODBC library for Unix. When we asked, they ALL thought we
>were crazy. One of them even said, "Why would anyone want to do that
>[write ODBC programs on Unix]?"
>
>To the database vendors, one would use Unix only as a database server and
>NEVER as a database client (at least, not a database client using ODBC).
>
>If you find one, let us know.
>
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>Kurt in Atlanta |
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Received on Tue Jan 11 1994 - 04:09:39 CET