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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:18 PM
To: Dittmar, Daniel; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RE: .NET data provider
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> Does a .NET driver has to be 100% CLR/C# or could you use
> C++ libraries?
No, it doesn't have to be 100% managed code but that's my approach.
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 4:37 PM
To: 'Stephen Gutknecht (SAPDB)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: .NET data provider
Hi Stephen
I am currently working on a .NET data provider for SapDB. I am the author
of the ByteFX data provider for MySql (http://www.bytefx.com). I also h
> dotNet has extensive tcp/ip sockets support, so there is no
> reason that a
> native driver can't be devised... other than not being able
> to figure out
> the MAXDB protocol!
There's always performance to consider.
- local communication using shared memory is somewhat faster
- at least Java d
>
> Out of curiosity, how quickly do you think you could create a stable MaxDB
> driver? Something that could be done in weeks, months? Fully Unicode
> compliant? Getting the protocol down is not going to be easy...
No, it is not going to be easy. As much as I grumbled about the MySql
protoc
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>one thing that I am not understanding from the docs is the difference
>between var_size and var_length in the message header. I understand
>var_len is the byte count (rounded up to a boundary of 8) of the
>message. var_size reads to be much larger. The document seems
>
> Does a .NET driver has to be 100% CLR/C# or could you use
> C++ libraries?
No, it doesn't have to be 100% managed code but that's my approach. My MySql driver
is 100% managed and I have received many comments from folks appreciative of not being
tied to a particular version of a client lib
Does a .NET driver has to be 100% CLR/C# or could you use
C++ libraries?
If the latter is allowed, you should start with the SQLDBC library:
http://www.sapdb.org/7.4/pdf/sqldbc_eng.pdf
This library handles all the low level details of the SAP DB
communication package.
This library also handles o
Reggie Burnett; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: .NET data provider
>
> Hi Reggie,
>
> We have been posting about this subject for 18 months and so far no one
> has
> stepped forward. I even offered a $5,000 incentive for a native C#
> driver,
> but no takers. This was
