Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects

[Luke-Jr <Mi...@an...>]

Hmm... How about branching off JUST enough so it's not Windows-specific?
For example, have programs refer to .so (I /THINK/ this is the *nix
equivalent) instead of .DLLs and just temperarally ignore that Windows
API using programs will break?
And instead of OCXes, something else (does X have a similar
component?)...

Matthew Keller wrote:
> 
> 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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