Re: Frontend/Backend protocol 3.0

--- Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

>
> The work is actually being done by another company,
> Pervasive. The

This is news, at least to me. Is this a reworking of
the community driver, or a new product?

> Command Prompt version is to be GPL and is quite
> different.
>
>
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> Jonathan Fuerth wrote:
> > On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > Are you aware someone is rewriting ODBC to use
> libpq for protocol
> > > communications?
> >
> > I found the announcement from Command Prompt about
> their new ODBC
> > driver for PostgreSQL. If anyone else didn't know
> about this, here's
> > the thread:
> >
> >
>
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-odbc/2005-04/msg00084.php
> >
> > It looks like an ambitious project, but I'm sure
> they have the
> > dedication, talent, and resources to see it
> through to completion. I
> > eagerly await their initial public release along
> with everyone else
> > here who has the misfortune of needing to use an
> ODBC interface. :)
> >
> > In the mean time, my patch for the existing driver
> remains on offer to
> > anyone who wants access to the SQLSTATE error
> messages from the
> > backend. Better yet, maybe someone with the
> necessary permission can
> > post the patch to the gborg website or just apply
> it to the main code
> > in CVS. I think the only change that should be
> made before applying my
> > patch is to add "7.4" as a protocol choice in the
> Windows configuration
> > UI. It should be trivial for someone who
> understands that UI code (I
> > don't).
> >
> > The patch does not break compatibility with the
> older protocols, so you
> > can continue to use the patched driver with
> pre-7.4 backends. You will
> > get the same synthetic SQLSTATE codes as before if
> you connect using
> > the older protocols.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Jonathan Fuerth
> >
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