Re: Frontend/Backend protocol 3.0

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