On 13/09/10 09:51, Denis Chapligin wrote: > On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:58:32 +0200 > Mateusz Loskot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently, the two database backends: ODBC and Firebird have been >> orphaned and no development around those two has happened. >> >> Apparently, there seem to be little need or interest in having ODBC or >> Firebird support provided by SOCI package. >> > [...] >> >> The Firebird package used to work well in the ages of SOCI 2. >> The ODBC package has never been finished, so it's an alpha project. >> Having ODBC backend, SOCI becomes an attractive solution for users >> of databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, IBM DB2, >> Informix, and many more. >> > > I'm using ODBC backend for DB2 access atm and it works well :)
Denis, This is a great news which may change my own understanding of the ODBC backend status :-) Could you please share some details, which version of SOCI and the backend you use? Did you have to apply any fixes? > Unfortunately i do no have enough time to participate in ODBC (or even > DB2) backend development, but i'm able to help with testing it in a wild > nature. Testing is a very much appreciated contribution. I'll see if I can update the backend for the new build system and then send call for testing. Thank you! Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Soci-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/soci-users
