Re: [Firebird-odbc-devel] [SPAM 4] Re: Driver still compatible with Interbase?

[Jorge A. B. <jor...@gm...>]

Agreed.

2011/4/12 Kjell Rilbe <kje...@da...>

> Den 2011-04-12 14:52 skrev Alexander Potapchenko såhär:
> > I think that ODBC driver 2.0 is compatible with Interbase, but I didn't
> > test the driver with IB.
> > The Firebird/InterBase(r) driver is the historical name and I think that
> > many application can use the such connection string:
> > strConn = "driver={Firebird/InterBase(r) driver}; Database=;
> > UID=SYSDBA;PWD=masterkey"
> > Therefore I think that to rename the driver is the bad idea as yet.
>
> While I sympathise with efforts for backwards compatibility, I find this
> very odd. If the driver is not being actively maintained for Interbase
> support and is not tested with IB, I think it is desinformation with
> such a name.
>
> I'd recommend a feature freeze for the driver with the old name and use
> a FB only name for all future versions.
>
> Kjell
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