From: Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] ODBC
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:19:12 -0400
Message-ID: <000301bead13$a6e28700$0208de0a@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <375539E2.3FBF51CF@alumni.caltech.edu>
> Byron is the keeper of the ODBC code, and in fact does his work
> outside of the Postgres source tree since his development target is
> WIN32. The last time I looked the unixODBC drivers were claiming alpha
> or beta status, and it seemed a bit early to jump on integrating that
> code base into the Postgres production tree.
Clarification; some unixODBC components are Beta, a few are even Alpha, but
most is Beta... including the PostgreSQL driver. Remember; the PostgreSQL
driver in unixODBC is Byrons driver with some enhancements.
>
> I support your goal of avoiding a code fork, but imho you will need to
> do a bit of work to: 1) send your changes, rather than sending a URL;
> 2) explain your changes if they are not small, self-evident patches;
> 3) work with Byron to ensure that the changes are compatible with his
> code and the direction it is taking.
Ok. I will email a gz file with all changes and an explanation (to Thomas).
Please take the time to apply the changes. These changes are mostly for
making PostgreSQL work with StarOffice.
Thanks!
Peter Harvey
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