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From: <man...@us...> - 2010-11-20 14:31:22
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Revision: 5975
http://squirrel-sql.svn.sourceforge.net/squirrel-sql/?rev=5975&view=rev
Author: manningr
Date: 2010-11-20 14:31:16 +0000 (Sat, 20 Nov 2010)
Log Message:
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New FAQ item explaining what drivers and plugins are and how they are different.
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trunk/sql12/web-site/src/main/resources/faq.html
Modified: trunk/sql12/web-site/src/main/resources/faq.html
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--- trunk/sql12/web-site/src/main/resources/faq.html 2010-11-20 02:10:44 UTC (rev 5974)
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<p></p>
<ul>
+ <li><a href="#faq14">What's a driver and why do I need one? Is it the same as a plugin?</a></li>
<li><a href="#faq13">I removed the directory where SQuirreL
was installed, and installed it into a new location. I was surprised
to see all of my alias, drivers and preference settings were
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<td width='100%' bgcolor="white" valign="top">
<h1 class="body">Answers - SQuirreL SQL Client.</h1>
+ <h1 class="question"><a name="faq14">What's a driver and why do I need one?
+ Is it the same as a plugin?</a></h1>
+
+ <div class="answer">Plugins and drivers are two different types
+ of software. A driver allows you to connect to a particular database
+ (Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc.) We cannot legally ship most drivers with
+ SQuirreL (in the installer or from the update site) as they are
+ proprietary and most database vendors require users to download them
+ directly from their website.
+ <br/>
+ Plugins are another piece of software whose purpose is to enhance
+ SQuirreL's ability to render and work with objects that are stored
+ in the database after a connection is made. Some plugins are
+ database-specific and are named according to the database that they
+ are activated for. When start a session in SQuirreL, if the plugin
+ that corresponds with that database type is installed, it will be
+ activated when a connection is made and SQuirreL will have more
+ capabilities than without that plugin installed and activated.
+ There are other plugins, that are not database-specific (for
+ example, graph, codecompletion, syntax highlighting, etc.) that
+ are activated regardless of the type of database, if they have
+ been installed. If you choose "standard" and no "optional"
+ plugins when prompted by the installer, then you get a useful
+ subset of plugins that are helpful regardless of the database type.
+ You can check to see which plugins you have installed by opening
+ up the plugin status table (Plugins -> Summary), or by looking
+ in the <SQUIRREL_INSTALL_DIR>/plugins folder. </div>
<h1 class="question"><a name="faq13">I removed the directory
where SQuirreL was installed, and installed it into a new location. I
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