Re: [Firebird-odbc-devel] ODBC driver What's the best ?

[Paul R. <pr...@ib...>]

Thomas Miller wrote:
> I didn't realize there was another project. Is there a reason you guys 
> haven't
> tried to merge the two projects?
> 

The architecture of each is very different.

The XTG project is a straightforward, non-object oriented implementation 
of the ODBC functions over the IB/Fb api.

The IBPhoenix driver is a layered, object oriented implementation. The 
database access layer is implemented using the JDBC interface 
specification. The ODBC functions are implemented using a set of OO 
classes that map the ODBC function calls onto the 'JDBC' objects. A lot 
more ambitious, but ultimately a lot more flexible.

I doubt that many are aware that a fully functioning, object-oriented 
class library exists for Firebird, written in C++.

It would probably be more pertinent to ask why we don't work with 
Olivier Mascia's IBPP project - that too is a fully functioning, 
object-oriented class library for Firebird, written in C++. However, it 
uses a different interface, so I doubt that there is much that can be 
shared.


Paul
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Paul Reeves
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Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase