From: Michael Widenius Date: June 9 1999 2:55pm Subject: 16-bit app and ODBC List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/myodbc/303 Message-Id: <14174.32807.483929.662527@monty.pp.sci.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>>>> "Herwig" == Herwig Henseler writes: Herwig> Hi experts, Herwig> first: I'm not on the myodbc list and my experience with odbc is _very_ Herwig> limited. I used mySQL for several projects, though. Sorry in advance if Herwig> this is not the right way to use this forum. Herwig> My question: I have an old 16-bit Windows application running on WinNT. It Herwig> uses a 16-bit ODBC driver to communicate with MS SQL. For a web project, I Herwig> want to let the application communicate with a mySQL db on a unix (linux or Herwig> solaris) server (very simple inserts and selects). ODBC seems to be the way Herwig> to go but what difficulties will I face with the ODBC driver? In Herwig> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/sdkdoc/dasdk/odbc8x6b.htm I found out Herwig> that 32-bit drivers can run with 16-bit applications "as long as the 32-bit Herwig> driver does not explicitly call Win32 API functions that create threads". Herwig> Is this true for myODBC? Anyone solved a similar problem? Hi! MyODBC doesn't create threads, so the this may work. Regards, Monty