20 Oct
2004
20 Oct
'04
4:06 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:15:52 -0500, David B. Held wrote
Steve Hutton wrote:
[...] So the relevance of ODBC is open to debate - the key IMHO is uniform support for all the major databases. ODBC may be a quick means to that end. Native drivers can always be added later, or vise-versa.
Agree.
In my experience, ODBC can be unbelievably slow, also. It is definitely not a cure-all. It should probably be supported, but creating an interface that will elegantly support native drivers should be a priority.
Sure having good support for native drivers is fine, but I think it is much, much, harder to achieve. So my push for ODBC binding is primarily to meet the 'all major databases' supported quickly. Jeff