Hi!
>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Fitzsimons <Bruce@stripped> writes:
Bruce> Hello,
Bruce> I'm new to the list, and I'm here because I'm interested in using MyODBC to
Bruce> interface to a different back end DB.
Bruce> I've spent the last few hours beginning my reverse-engineering of the
Bruce> protocol between MyODBC and MySQL.
Bruce> I thought I'd ask a few questions before I go any further with this...its a
Bruce> bit time-consuming.
Bruce> a. Is the port interface the MyODBC usees the same as the other programs
Bruce> (like the mysql shell interface) use?
Yes.
Bruce> b. Is this interface documented anywhere?
Sorry not yet :(
The best option in this case is the download the MyODBC source and use
the native protocol for your driver. (It shouldn't be that hard)
Bruce> If you are interested, I am planning to use MyODBC as the front end for
Bruce> Mnesia, the Erlang (www.erlang.org) distributed, realtime, database. It's
Bruce> Open Source, by the way.
The MyODBC code is in public domain and there is also a GPL version of
MySQL available.
Bruce> Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Bruce> Thanks,
Bruce> Bruce
Regards,
Monty
