[DB-SIG] Re: oracle db module status

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 04 Dec 1998 10:38:52 +0100


Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> > Conceivably (dunno) it should be possible to
> > use M.A.Lemburg's mxODBC or (on win32) Bill Tutt's odbc module
> > or, if you diverge from Greg Stein's dbapi, Sam Rushing's
> > more direct odbc binding too on win32.  Dunno if this helps.
> > It's all very confusing.
> 
>     ODBC isn't an option, unfortunately.
> 

Why not ? You can use ODBC on Windows and Unix (you've got to
get drivers from Intersolv for the latter). Oracle reported
to work with mxODBC on both platforms and doesn't have the
problems you describe, AFAIK.

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