Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

Bruce Tong <zztong@laxmi.ev.net>

From: Bruce Tong <zztong@laxmi.ev.net>
To: Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-07-22T16:23:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > > > What does Oracle's ODBC driver offer that ours currently doesn't?
> > >
> > > I just tried it for the first time last week. It failed to perform a
> > > simple query. I need to double check my work yet. The Oracle ODBC driver
> > > has _probably_ been around for a while and has _probably_ been better
> > > tested perhaps simply by raw numbers of users.
> 
> I bet he has the old PostODBC driver -OR- there is a configuration
> issue. If the version of the driver he has begins with dot (like .21
> or .30), its ancient.

> The latest version of the odbc driver at
> http://www.insightdist.com/psqlodbc is 6.30.0247.

While I was initially fooled by the old driver months ago, I have
v06-30-0247 according to the installer, postdrv.exe. I got this from the
web site you quoted.

I'm fairly certain I can recreate the circumstances, and I'll try to do so
today. I assume the "Interfaces" list is the place for this discussion.


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