-----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [boost] Re: SOCI db lib [Was: RTL status -"help wanted"]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:15:52 -0500, David B. Held wrote

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Steve Hutton wrote:

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[...] 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.

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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.

Jeff Garland:

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

[Brian Braatz]

From a practical point of view, I believe Jeff to be 100% right here. I have been searching for a good solution for this, and the odbc \ unixodbc path gets a framework up and running quickly.

I would add that it would be nice to have that framework support "unplugging" the odbc aspect and placing in native or other drivers later. I view this perspective as the scaffolding that supports the statue, while the statue is being carved :)