Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects

[Matthew K. <kel...@po...>]

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.

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