On Wednesday 01 November 2006 11:13, Paul McNett wrote: > johnf wrote: > > As of right now I use ODBC daily with SQL2000. I don't know anything > > about 2005. A product I use (AccountMate) uses it to make the > > connection. But I guess it will have to go away soon because it's old. > > Like the DOS Window, it'll never go away. There are too many products > out there that rely on it, and MS would be shooting itself in the foot. > Not that they aren't capable of stupid decisions, but I think we can > count on ODBC being around for the long haul. Even if it isn't installed > by default, there will be an installer for it. If, after we have ODBC > working, someone wants to get ADO working on Windows, great, but we need > to have a base fallback, and in my experience, ODBC is it.
With my recent experience with unixODBC I suggest that it is in our best interest to find a direct solution. I'll spend a little time attempting to find/get a native solution. I'll let everyone know the results. John _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev
