Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 01:58:06 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A MMAP observation Message-ID: <9269.832294686@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 16:48:38 PDT." <Pine.NEB.3.92.960516164342.24704t-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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Jaye Mathisen wrote in message ID <Pine.NEB.3.92.960516164342.24704t-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>: > Of course, if somebody would make ODBC clients for FreeBSD so I could let > it talk to my NT SQL server, then I wouldn't have to mess with this at > all. :) I think ``ODBC'' is another mis-nomer from the halls of Microsoft. I don't know anything ``open'' about it. I've certainly never seen any published (and freely available) specs for it (Of course, I will no doubt be corrected by Terry if I'm wrong :-) ). I'm willing to bet that you have to pay Microsoft to get the interface specs. Seems to me to be another attempt by a certain company at the game of ``World Domination''. On the otherhand, SQL is much better known and (at least for unix people) a de-facto standard with servers and clients freely available. Actually, since you have the NT SQL server, can't you just point your SQL client at it and have it work? Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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