+1. I think unixODBC is a very useful php extension for SXDE. I'd love the see someone taking care of it!
Manyi Tracy, John wrote: > Hello All- > I was curious as to what others are doing. Here's what I found in fifteen > minutes of looking: > > Red Hat includes unixODBC in Fedora (and thus I assume eventually in Red Hat > Linux if not already done): > ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS > > Suse includes unixODBC: > http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/server10/i386/index_all.html > > Ubuntu includes unixODBC: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/web/php5-odbc > > Ubuntu includes FreeTDS: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/libs/tdsodbc > > Debian includes unixODBC: > http://packages.debian.org/etch/php5-odbc > > Debian includes FreeTDS: > http://packages.debian.org/etch/tdsodbc > > UnixODBC seems to be pretty well accepted in the larger *nix community. If > *Solaris were to bundle FreeTDS and Oracle drivers, I do think it would > provide some interesthing marketing ramifications--"The *nix that connects to > any database" (well, pretty close to any that you're likely to find in any > sizeable organization...) > > Short of a blessed package from Sun, I am willing to help create an download > script that would add it to the existing packages. There's no sense in my > taking the time to do it once for myself if that effort can be extended to > benefit others. Nonetheless, I'd really like to see these included in Solaris. > > Cheers- > John > > > > ________________________________ > > From: webstack-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org on behalf of Sriram > Natarajan > Sent: Mon 10/29/2007 10:19 PM > To: Manyi Lu > Cc: Webstack Discuss > Subject: Re: [webstack-discuss] Additional PHP extensions for SXDE > > > > Manyi > Yes, I very much understand the importance of unixODBC drivers. That is > the reason, I initially wrote to this alias as well as to other Open > Solaris aliases to see if the integration is feasible. > > But, based on the response I got from database-discuss mail alias, I > sense some reluctance in bundling unixODBC or Free TSD client drivers > within Open Solaris. I very much hope / wish that we actually integrate > these components within Open Solaris. We have even got a customer asking > us to integrate them. > > thanks > sriram > > Manyi Lu wrote: > >> Sriram Natarajan wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> Here is the latest update with respect to additional database support. >>> >>> 2) Database folks within Sun seem to feel that unixODBC and Free TDS >>> products are sort of beta quality . However, I have not heard a >>> refusal to bundle these libraries yet. So, I am still waiting for a >>> final answer on this topic. >>> >> May I ask who says unixODBC is of beta quality? It is the way to >> connect an ODBC client to a database on unix. On the other hands, none >> of Postgres, MySQL, Java DB that we bundle with Solaris include a ODBC >> driver which makes bundling unixODBC unnecessary. For connecting php >> with external databases, you still need unixODBC. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Manyi >> >> > _______________________________________________ > webstack-discuss mailing list > webstack-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/webstack-discuss > > >
