From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
Cc: Marc Herbert <Marc.Herbert@continuent.com>
Subject: Re: BLOB handling compatibility with PostgreSQL > 7.4
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:06:34 +0100
Message-ID: <200512091206.35456.peter_e@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zmnah7km.fsf@meije.emic.fr>
References: <438B792D.6030802@bnl.gov>
<200512081911.30002.peter_e@gmx.net>
<87zmnah7km.fsf@meije.emic.fr>
Marc Herbert wrote:
> > I was thinking the ODBC driver should provide the appropriate
> > mapping.
>
> We aim to be as transparent as possible and avoid "mappings".
> <http://www.continuent.org/;
So continuent is now writing an ODBC driver for PostgreSQL, or what are
you trying to say?
> Moreover, the respective interfaces have very different semantics
> (pointer or not). This can be a reason in itself to prefer one or the
> other type, whatever the underlying implementation is.
This is handwaving. I know the section in the documentation; I wrote
it. But what actual reasons do you have for using one or the other?
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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Subject: Re: BLOB handling compatibility with PostgreSQL > 7.4
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