Lars Doelle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as you might know, the iodbc dm is now maintained for quite a while.
> So it does not make sense to distribute a private version of iodbc anymore.
> Though myodbc does run with the "officical" version, i found that myodbc
> has a general flaw, it does not make use of the driver configuration.
>
> So, SQLConnect is plain broken on unix.
>
> The issue is, that no SQLGetPrivateProfileString is provided by neither
> myodbc's special iodbc edition nor by the current version of the iodbc.
>
> I tried to contact Giovanni earlier to hash the issue out, but it failed, so
> perhaps this list is a better address.
>
> Another flaw i found with myodbc is that it requires the mysql sources
> to be installed (for some headers). Because i feel otherwise comfortable
> with the binary distribution i use and it also includes all the headers that
> mysql installs regularly, i wonder if this could not be fixed also.
>
>
I agree. unixODBC may be able to help here....
unixODBC (formerly LinuxODBC) ( www.codebydesign.com/LinuxODBC ) has an
odbcinst lib which provides functions such as SQLGetPrivateProfileString() and
support for System and User ODBC system information.
Peter
