From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200005021200.IAA09613@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Request for 7.0 JDBC status
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	from Peter Mount at "May 2, 2000 12:54:14 pm"
To: Peter Mount <petermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:00:46 -0400 (EDT)
CC: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>,
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> The java IRC channel says kaffe isn't very good, so maybe I shouldn't be
> worried about it.  They also said mutually-referencing java files are
> not a good either.
> 
> PM: This is strange, because mutually referenced java files are quite
> common. In fact, some of the javax.swing classes do this, and I've been
> doing it since 1.0.2 :-) Anyhow, kaffe was taken over by M$ a few months
> ago...

Oh, OK, so I will not worry about the self-referencing issue.  BSD/OS
has a java beta out, but I am too busy on the book to upgrade.  I will
not worry about it.  Seems kaffe can run the jdbc classes just fine.

> 
> Seems I may be able to modify the import lines in the java file to use
> the 6.5.3 JAR file to get enough files compiled to compile the rest,
> then recompile the entire thing.
> 
> Using the jar file compiled with Sun java works fine.  I can connect to
> the database and run my program.
> 
> PM: I stayed away from Kaffe because when I first started with Java, I
> had so much trouble compiling examples with it, I switched to the Sun
> JVM.

Oh, that is fine.  I just needed to know the code was OK.  Kaffe people
can download the JAR file.  The great part is that they work on any
platform. 

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