X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422E99FA2C8; Fri, 19 May 2006 17:14:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43826-07; Fri, 19 May 2006 17:14:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from alvh.no-ip.org (201-220-122-179.bk10-dsl.surnet.cl [201.220.122.179]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D7B9FA22C; Fri, 19 May 2006 17:14:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: by alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 47724C3742B; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:14:15 -0400 (CLT) Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 16:14:15 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Robert Treat , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, Josh Berkus , Michael Dean , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: OO PostgreSQL Driver Message-ID: <20060519201415.GA26509@surnet.cl> Mail-Followup-To: "Joshua D. Drake" , Robert Treat , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, Josh Berkus , Michael Dean , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org References: <446CD9F3.9020100@sourceview.com> <200605191018.00798.josh@agliodbs.com> <446E0CE9.5070305@commandprompt.com> <200605191514.40254.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> <446E2382.1020803@commandprompt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <446E2382.1020803@commandprompt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/101 X-Sequence-Number: 9040 Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Robert Treat wrote: > >On Friday 19 May 2006 14:22, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>>Other projects need even more intensive coding help. OpenOffice, for > >>>example, doesn't offer the Postgres driver by default because it's still > >>>too buggy. That would be solvable with money, but $1000 to $2000, not > >>>$50. > >>Does it really need one since it supports JDBC and ODBC? > >> > > > >It's not about what OO needs, it's about what PG needs. Consider this; if > >database M works out of the box... but database P requires you to go find > >some third party software and download it and install it in order to > >work... you tell me which one is going to have the advantage in new user > >adoption? > > Well then, why don't we convince the OO people to bundle either ODBC or > ODBCng with OO. The ODBC interface is less powerful for OOo than their own SDBC interface AFAIK (which is why they developed it). So while it would be good to have an ODBC driver in there, the SDBC driver will also continue to be developed. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.