Re: OLE DB driver

"Shachar Shemesh" <psql(at)shemesh(dot)biz> wrote:3FFF1607(dot)9090806(at)shemesh(dot)biz(dot)(dot)(dot)
> Andreas Pflug wrote:
>
> > I wonder if this could be implemented as a wrapper around libpq. This
> > way, the OLEDB driver would benefit from a proven piece of software.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas
>
> That's what I'm doing. I'm not sure why other drivers didn't do that as
> well (maybe there was no native Windows port of libpq at the time?).

AFAIK, rely on libpq is a fast way but not always convenient.
OLEDB has many features borrowed from ODBC, and it is a
substitute for ODBC. Microsoft is now making ODBC obsolete and
advocating OLEDB instead. You'd better read pgodbc's source
code, too.

>
> My reason is actually that I'm not a great postgres hacker, and I would
> rather rely as little as possible on internal structures and things that
> are likely to change in the future.
>
> Shachar
>
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