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From: John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ODBC constructs
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:12:10 -0700
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On 5/20/2013 11:04 PM, Atri Sharma wrote:
> Also,is it only me,or are we all a bit wary of ODBC?

its clumsy.    getting software working well with it requires more 
work.   its promise of portability only holds true if you restrict 
yourself to SQL that works the same on different servers, and if you do 
that, odds are you'll be optimal on none of them.



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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast



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