From kde-devel  Sun Jul 18 22:10:17 1999
From: Lars Doelle <lars.doelle () on-line ! de>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:10:17 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: ODBC support libraries in kdesupport
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=93233552509020

Nick Gorham wrote:

> >
> > The state of both dms is that they support ODBC API about
> > Vers 2.5. Both projects are working on threads and ODBC
> > Vers 3.0 support and on 3.0 call translation for 2.5 drivers.
> >
>
> Well this is not quite right. The unixODBC driver manager
> was a ODBC 3 driver manager from the outset. It has never
> been a 2.x DM, thats why we started work on the project.
>
> It includes all the 3.x to 2.x translation as specified in the MS
> ODBC 3.5 spec, and is an attempt to replicate the 3.x support
> enjoyed by Windows programmers. It supports the full 3.x API
> and should allow both 3 and 2 applications to function with 3 and
> 2 drivers. If it doesn't let me know and we will fix.
>
> Thread support is now present in the CVS version from
> http://www.unixodbc.org, and once I have finished adding
> autoconf, automake support, this and a few bug fixes will be
> released as a beta 1.6 (should be within the week). I will then
> upgrade the code in the KDE release to match.

Nick, my apologies. Aparently, i missed the lastest unixODBC
developments. If we have a full-featured ODBC DM right now,
even better.

If i remember correctly, i run in troubles compiling libodbc++ with
ODBCVER set to greater 2.5 (was some header issue, it think),
and since i followed a discussion between Peter and Kingley
about starting 3.0 material not too long ago, i came to a wrong
conclusion. As a result, i've preset libodbc++ not to use material
above 2.5. I'll reproduce the problem, so that we can test our stuff
with the highest ODBC version available, by default.

Lars