Thread: Standalone ODBC Driver
Hi all I remember, a while ago somebody mentioning an odbc driver for postgres that is not dependant on a working postgres client installation. Unfortunately I lost the link to it, can anybody remember? ( I tested it then and it worked fine for simple task, but then switched back to the standard driver, as the datatype information stuff was much more complete. Now I need to run a postgresql odbc program on a few ancient machines whith completely outdated client libraries and no chance of upgrading. So, the standalone driver would come very handy here again. ) Bye Tim
On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 13:30 +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote: > Hi all > > I remember, a while ago somebody mentioning an odbc driver for postgres > that is not dependant on a working postgres client installation. > Unfortunately I lost the link to it, can anybody remember? > ODBCng? http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/odbcng > ( > I tested it then and it worked fine for simple task, but then switched > back to the standard driver, as the datatype information stuff was much > more complete. > > Now I need to run a postgresql odbc program on a few ancient machines > whith completely outdated client libraries and no chance of upgrading. > So, the standalone driver would come very handy here again. > ) > > > > Bye > Tim > -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 13:30 +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I remember, a while ago somebody mentioning an odbc driver for postgres >> that is not dependant on a working postgres client installation. >> Unfortunately I lost the link to it, can anybody remember? >> > > ODBCng? > > http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/odbcng Yes, thanks, thats the one. Already up and running! Sadly, the current svn versions seem to target only windows. No chance to even compile it under linux, but the old version from 2007 works. Bye Tim > >> ( >> I tested it then and it worked fine for simple task, but then switched >> back to the standard driver, as the datatype information stuff was much >> more complete. >> >> Now I need to run a postgresql odbc program on a few ancient machines >> whith completely outdated client libraries and no chance of upgrading. >> So, the standalone driver would come very handy here again. >> ) >> >> >> >> Bye >> Tim >>
On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 19:06 +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 13:30 +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> I remember, a while ago somebody mentioning an odbc driver for postgres > >> that is not dependant on a working postgres client installation. > >> Unfortunately I lost the link to it, can anybody remember? > >> > > > > ODBCng? > > > > http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/odbcng > > Yes, thanks, thats the one. Already up and running! > > Sadly, the current svn versions seem to target only windows. No chance > to even compile it under linux, but the old version from 2007 works. The linux version lags behind. We are working on a unixodbc issue with newer versions then you will be able to. Joshua D. Drake > > Bye > Tim > > > > > > > >> ( > >> I tested it then and it worked fine for simple task, but then switched > >> back to the standard driver, as the datatype information stuff was much > >> more complete. > >> > >> Now I need to run a postgresql odbc program on a few ancient machines > >> whith completely outdated client libraries and no chance of upgrading. > >> So, the standalone driver would come very handy here again. > >> ) > >> > >> > >> > >> Bye > >> Tim > >> > > -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997