Re: Frontend/Backend protocol 3.0

Jeff Eckermann wrote:
> --- Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
>
> >
> > The work is actually being done by another company,
> > Pervasive.  The
>
> This is news, at least to me.  Is this a reworking of
> the community driver, or a new product?

Reworking the community driver.

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> > Command Prompt version is to be GPL and is quite
> > different.
> >
> >
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> >
> > Jonathan Fuerth wrote:
> > > On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Are you aware someone is rewriting ODBC to use
> > libpq for protocol
> > > > communications?
> > >
> > > I found the announcement from Command Prompt about
> > their new ODBC
> > > driver for PostgreSQL.  If anyone else didn't know
> > about this, here's
> > > the thread:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-odbc/2005-04/msg00084.php
> > >
> > > It looks like an ambitious project, but I'm sure
> > they have the
> > > dedication, talent, and resources to see it
> > through to completion.  I
> > > eagerly await their initial public release along
> > with everyone else
> > > here who has the misfortune of needing to use an
> > ODBC interface. :)
> > >
> > > In the mean time, my patch for the existing driver
> > remains on offer to
> > > anyone who wants access to the SQLSTATE error
> > messages from the
> > > backend.  Better yet, maybe someone with the
> > necessary permission can
> > > post the patch to the gborg website or just apply
> > it to the main code
> > > in CVS. I think the only change that should be
> > made before applying my
> > > patch is to add "7.4" as a protocol choice in the
> > Windows configuration
> > > UI.  It should be trivial for someone who
> > understands that UI code (I
> > > don't).
> > >
> > > The patch does not break compatibility with the
> > older protocols, so you
> > > can continue to use the patched driver with
> > pre-7.4 backends.  You will
> > > get the same synthetic SQLSTATE codes as before if
> > you connect using
> > > the older protocols.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -Jonathan Fuerth
> > >
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