> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Peter Eisentraut
> Sent: 09 July 2004 19:57
> To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
> Subject: [ODBC] unixODBC vs. iODBC
>
> Now that we have removed that "neither unixODBC nor iODBC"
> version of the Unix variant of the driver, you get
> uncontrolled breakage when you just run "./configure; make;
> make install". I think it would be beneficial to add
> automatic detection of the available driver manager.
> That is:
>
> - if --with-unixodbc is specified, use unixODBC
>
> - if --with-iodbc is specified, use iODBC
>
> - if both are specified, abort
>
> - if neither is specified, search for unixODBC, then iODBC (I
> think that is the order of popularity; tell me if I'm wrong).
> If neither is found, abort.
>
> Comments?
Sounds perfectly sensible to me. Although not a user myself, my sense
from posts on the lists is also that unixODBC is the most popular.
Regards, Dave.