Re: ODBC problem/question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Meskes [mailto:meskes@postgresql.org]
> Sent: 10 September 2002 20:42
> To: PostgreSQL Interfaces; PostgreSQL Hacker
> Subject: [HACKERS] ODBC problem/question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I was just contacted by a customer about the
> SQLProcedureColumns call in our odbc driver. It appears this
> call is undefined in the standard odbc driver but is
> available in odbcplus. Could anyone please enlighten me why
> this was forked and not merged into one driver? Is there a
> problem when I take the odbcplus code and put it into the
> odbc driver?

Hi Michael,

There are currently 3 variants of the driver.

PostgreSQL - This is the current ODBC 2.5 compliant driver.
PostgreSQL+ - This is a development version that is ODBC 3.0 compliant.
PostgreSQL+ Unicode - This is PostgreSQL+ with Unicode support.

We are aiming for PostgreSQL+ Unicode to be the only driver as soon as
possible, but due to the way ODBC3 and Unicode support were added (ie.
quickly, to solve immediate problems), we (Hiroshi & I) felt it was best
to keep them seperate until we were sure of their reliability.

Currently, PostgreSQL+ seems pretty good as, does the Unicode version,
though that is still missing some features iirc.

HTH, Regards, Dave.