In my understanding, myODBC is a middleware for programs which
don't know how to deal directly with mySQL. So if you use perl or
php, you won't ever use ODBC, as this only slows things down,
obviously. ODBC is kind of a workaround in my understanding.
Please correct me, if I'm wrong.
Wen Tien schrieb am Freitag, 24. August 2001, 14:39:55:
> Hi,
> I am a newbie that has a question about what exactly is myODBC (for Unix)
> doing. Is myODBC, 1) a "wrapper" over the mySQL database to make it conform
> to the ODBC interface or 2) a plug-in driver that goes with a manager
> program to allow the access of mySQL db? I am using an Irix machine that
> tries to use a mySQL db on a Linux box (natively via port forwarding) so I'm
> trying to decide where to install what... thanks.
> Wen Tien
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