Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> >On Friday 19 May 2006 14:22, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>Other projects need even more intensive coding help. OpenOffice, for
> >>>example, doesn't offer the Postgres driver by default because it's still
> >>>too buggy. That would be solvable with money, but $1000 to $2000, not
> >>>$50.
> >>Does it really need one since it supports JDBC and ODBC?
> >>
> >
> >It's not about what OO needs, it's about what PG needs. Consider this; if
> >database M works out of the box... but database P requires you to go find
> >some third party software and download it and install it in order to
> >work... you tell me which one is going to have the advantage in new user
> >adoption?
>
> Well then, why don't we convince the OO people to bundle either ODBC or
> ODBCng with OO.
The ODBC interface is less powerful for OOo than their own SDBC
interface AFAIK (which is why they developed it). So while it would be
good to have an ODBC driver in there, the SDBC driver will also continue
to be developed.
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