Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects
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From: Matthew K. <kel...@po...> - 2001-03-09 14:51:46
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Abhijit Paithankar wrote: > The problem is that on the M$ platform, we have stuff like ODBC and > DSN...how do we implement this in Linux? Also, what database server do we > support? > If the VB app uses an access database, it does not have things like users > and passwords. How do we port this to linux? I *strongly* think that in the realm of DB access, VB4Linux needs to shoot off from being a VB clone, and do things in a UN*Xish way. Perl, for example, does DB's right. There is a generic DB front-end, and then you plug individual DB-types into IT. So, you can write a Perl program to the DB API, and change, at will, the actual DB-type you're accessing by diddling a variable and switching from TDB to mySQL to Oracle, etc. We shouldn't, IMHO, even TRY to support M$'s flawed DB-model. -- Matthew Keller Enterprise Systems Analyst Computing & Technology Services Information Services Division State University of New York at Potsdam Website: http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/ PGP: http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/crypto/ |