Re: ODBC access, Unix to Unix.

In article <1994Apr11.225321.2134_at_colesmyer.com.au> amay_at_colesmyer.com.au (Andrew May CMIS) writes:
>In article <2o2kba$bs1_at_dax.intellicorp.com>,
>Mark Tait <tait_at_dax.intellicorp.com> wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>> I have seen a lot of posts that talk about using ODBC to have a PC
>>talk to a database running on a Unix box, but I have yet to see a unix
>>to unix reference. Does there exist an ODBC client for Unix?
>
>ODBC is a Microsoft standard for connection to "other" databases. It is
>basically a MS-Windows DLL. ODBC allows client-side products like VB, access
>and Excel to connect to a "generic" database like Oracle via the ODBC driver
>and SQL*Net.
>
>If you want server/server connectivity you would normally use distributed
>database options from your database vendor. e.g. SQL*Net over TCP/IP from
>one Unix box to another.
>

Actually, there is at least one company I know of which is doing this very thing. Consider that a lot of code is being written using C/C++ that utilizes the ODBC api. ODBC may become not only a database independent but also a platform independent API. This unnamed company (I'm under non-disclosure but I will ask them if I can mention their name in the future) has licensed the source code from Microsoft to port the upper part of the ODBC API to UNIX. I'm not sure that you really need the source but I guess it helps.

Scott Received on Tue Apr 12 1994 - 15:49:35 CEST