>Johan says: >Claiming the JDBC driver is unreliable is a bit strange. This same >JDBC driver is use d by WebObjects (Java) applications in production >environments. I hava also used other JDBC drivers very succesfully >against WebObjects applications: Oracle, MySQL. My first choice >therefore is to use JDBC. No reason to change a winning team, until >OpenOffice comes around. > There are known issues with the Apple version of Java. This is because Apple mangles Java for several reasons, mostly to deal with security holes that exist in the Java program that allow things to be done, like writing to/from system files. Apple does not allow this. So, JDBC programs will work with some programs that have worked around this and others will not. This is why I recommended using an Open Database Connectoer (ODBC) which is made for Mac. There are several open issues with JDBC connectivity with other databases (MySQL, MS SQL) that only exist on the Mac.
>If you could explain to me what, according to your insight, is the >problem, with the Apple JVM that prevents OpenOffice to make use of >this driver, I can compile the driver myself, and see if your >observations hold. Please do. I would be very interested if this works. You are the first to offer to build a Mac specific JDBC for any of the affected databases. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
