gmail seems to really prefer to top-post. I mix and match because it doesn't bother me either way.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Joe Winograd <j...@winograd.us> wrote: > Simon, > Thanks for the clarification. Btw, is bottom-posting the standard in this > group? As you can tell, I'm rather fond of top-posting. Yes, I've ready > many of the arguments why bottom-posting is better – I simply don't buy it. > But I'll be happy to comply with group standards. Regards, Joe > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Incompatible versions of SQLite on same system > From: Simon Slavin <slav...@bigfraud.org> > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> > Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012 03:59:02 > >> On 12 Jan 2012, at 6:30am, Joe Winograd wrote: >> >> Thanks to both of you for your responses. I'm back to wondering how >>> SQLite can be effective in the PC world with so many different programs >>> using many different versions of SQLite. Since all versions are backward >>> compatible, I was liking Richard's suggestion to get the >>> latest-and-greatest DLL everywhere, but the DLLs for the two conflicting >>> programs aren't even present. >>> >>> Joe, I assume your suggestion to "remove all System.Data.SQLite >>> assemblies from the GAC and 'convert' them to be application-local" is >>> directed at the software developers (like HP and Intuit), not at end-users >>> (like me >>> >> Just to be clear, so is Richard's real suggestion, which is the >> programmers should statically link to a SQLite library, or to include >> SQLite source code in their applications and not use a library at all. >> SQLite is (deliberately designed to be) tiny. Including it all in every >> application which used it wouldn't use much disk space and would mean >> problems like the one you reported would never happen: you could have ten >> apps all expecting different versions of SQLite, and they could all run at >> the same time with no installation or path problems. >> >> Unfortunately, as you noted, this is a decision which can be made only by >> programmers, not users like you. >> >> Oh, and in case you didn't know, Doctor Richard Hipp is SQLite's creator. >> His advice about it is pretty good. >> >> Simon. >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-**users<http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users> > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
