Re: OLEDB vs ODBC to access postgres

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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:14:18 -0700 (PDT)
J Ottery <jottery(at)becsystems(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:

> I am using a grid component (delphi) connected via Postgres ODBC , and
> via Datasource - ADOTable - ADOConnection to a postgres database.
> All works well.
> Tried using the PostgreSQL Native Provider, built a working
> connection string.
> It connects OK but I have only read access to the data (in the grid I
> cannot edit or add any rows).
> I have also tried several other OLEDB providers but they all exhibit
> the same behaviour.
>
> Why does ODBC work and PostgreSQL Native Provider (or other OLEDB's)
> not work?

My guess is that ODBC is better supported and developed. Since you are
using Delphi have you considered the .Net driver, I believe Delphi now
supports it.

Joshua D. Drake

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