Hi Mark, You might want to try OpenLink Software (openlinksw.com) and see what they have to offer. That's where we get our drivers from! Hope that helps!
On 8/15/06 4:51 PM, "Mark Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Am I just reaching for straws here? How about a JDBC connection to > MySql on Panther > Server? Does anyone have experience with this, given the comments below? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Mark > > On Aug 15, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Rowland Carson wrote: > > >> At 2006-08-14 22:32 -0700 David Mark Weiss wrote: >> >> >>> I am new to the list. My reason for joining is that I am trying to >>> access via ODBC a mysql server on a panther server box. >>> >>> We have installed it three times, and can't get the driver to load. >>> >> >> Mark - a while back I made this posting here: >> >> At 2006-05-04 20:56 +0100 Rowland Carson wrote: >> >> >>> I downloaded and installed the Mac ODBC drivers for MySQL, and >>> wondered why I couldn't get them to work. I realised later when re- >>> visting the download page that I hadn't spotted they were for Mac >>> OS X 10.4 - I'm running 10.3.9 and don't really want to switch OS >>> at this time. >>> >>> I looked around the other downloads for MySQL ODBC, and the only >>> possibility seems to be to download the source of the older >>> version and compile it myself. Not sure I feel up to that! >>> >>> Am I correct? Are there no "ready-made" MySQL ODBC drivers for Mac >>> for OS X 10.3.9? >>> >> >> >> Later, in response to other postings, Mark Matthews said: >> >> At 2006-06-27 08:26 -0500 Mark Matthews wrote: >> >> >>> Alex Thurgood said the following on 6/27/2006 4:15 AM: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I posted a couple of questions a while ago about getting MyODBC >>>> to work >>>> on Mac PPC 10.3.9. Since I have had absolutely no response from >>>> anyone >>>> within MySQL, must I assume that it is not interested in trying to >>>> address the problem. >>>> >>>> Just as a reminder: the readme in the binary download states >>>> that you >>>> don't require anything other than the package provided by MySQL >>>> to get >>>> MyODBC access working on the Mac. However, it transpires that the >>>> program requires libtool.dylib, which is only available if you >>>> install >>>> the XCode development environment (800 Mo, from what I >>>> remember), and >>>> indeed some of the binaries don't even appear to have installed >>>> themselves correctly. >>>> >>>> This used to work with the previous version of the driver which >>>> is no >>>> longer available on the servers, but the 3.51.12 definitely does >>>> not >>>> work on my standard out-of-the-box OSX 10.3.9 with latest >>>> security fixes >>>> applied. >>>> >>>> Any response from the MyODBC people ? >>>> >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>> >>> Alex, >>> >>> This is a known issue (there's a bug filed against it). It will be >>> fixed >>> in the next release of MyODBC 3.51 (it was a packaging error). >>> Currently, resources are allocated solely to getting Connector/ >>> ODBC 5.0 >>> out the door. Once it reaches a beta level of stability, we will be >>> going back to work on rolling a 3.51.13 release. >>> >> >> As I get older, I have trouble remembering things, but I'm pretty >> sure OS 10.3 is Panther. Does this shed any light on your problem? >> >> regards >> >> Rowland >> -- >> | Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/ >> | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ... >> >> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
