Received: from u1.abs.net (root@u1.abs.net [207.114.0.131]) by hub.org (8.8.8/8.7.5) with ESMTP id NAA01057 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:54:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from insightdist.com (nobody@localhost) by u1.abs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id NAA03263 for pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:44:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: u1.abs.net: nobody set sender to insightdist.com!daveh using -f Received: by insightdist.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA32996; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:38:39 -0400 Received: from daveh by ceodev (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA68280; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:34:42 -0400 Message-Id: <3534EF3C.51C85C7@insightdist.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:32:44 -0400 From: David Hartwig Organization: Insight Distribution Systems X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" , pgsql-interfaces Cc: Byron Nikolaidis Subject: ODBC 6.3.2 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------5AA77CCCBBEA1EE64ECD5682" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5AA77CCCBBEA1EE64ECD5682 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marc, I think I just figured out why you were so concerned about the Makefile and the README. I looked through the latest snapshot (Apr 15) and noticed that the ODBC self-extracting EXE binary was not present. (It was nice to see the source!) :) Is it your intentions to not include this as part of the distribution? Are there tactical problems with including the binary? This is a critical part of the package. It installs the driver, the Windows ODBC driver manager, and makes numerous entries in the Windows registry. Without it each site would have to have MS Visual C++ 4.0+ to compile. $$$ They may also need the driver manager which comes with the ODBC driver kit and some windows applications. Then they would have to make hacks in the Windows registry on each desktop by hand. Yikes! (check that spelling) It is worth noting that the binary is about 2.5 meg. (This light weight for Windows.) Should this be available as a separate download from the PostgreSQL site? Or should PostgreSQL page just point to our site. --------------5AA77CCCBBEA1EE64ECD5682 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for David Hartwig Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: David Hartwig n: Hartwig;David email;internet: daveh@insightdist.com x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------5AA77CCCBBEA1EE64ECD5682--