Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects
Status: Planning
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From: Luke-Jr <Mi...@an...> - 2001-03-09 19:01:00
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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. > > -- > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > VB4Linux-Dev mailing list > VB4...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vb4linux-dev |