https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38811
--- Comment #14 from Lionel Elie Mamane <[email protected]> 2012-03-19 00:04:42 PDT --- (In reply to comment #13) > BUT: is this really a good way to do ? > Wouldn't moving to some generic database wrapper library (eg. uODBC) > and dropping the own wrappers completely, the better way ? For the special case of the (default) embedded database (meaning the data is in the .odb file, not "elsewhere"), using UnixODBC has real disadvantages: - Dependency on an extra "external" system -> less "bootstrap friendly" for the user. - Not only UnixODBC has to be installed, but also the right ODBC driver - UnixODBC & driver not only need to be installed, but also configured (odbcinst.ini) and the DSN configured (odbc.ini). This all combines to: one cannot just mail an ODB file to another user and he/she can use it with just double-clicking on it. Additionally: - I'm actually not aware of a way to embed the database within the .odb file through ODBC; maybe that would be possible? Would we need to create a DSN (in odbc.ini) for *each* odb file, and update it each time the file is moved / copied? That would be rather inconvenient for the user. But if you have an idea of how to make that work, I am / we are listening. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
