[R-sig-DB] RODBC and datadirect 64bit on linux
Prof Brian Ripley
r|p|ey @end|ng |rom @t@t@@ox@@c@uk
Tue Aug 28 23:03:19 CEST 2007
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Sean Davis wrote:
> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>> unixODBC and iodbc are driver managers, not drivers. Looks like
>> DataDirect (http://www.datadirect.com/products/odbc/index.ssp) is also a
>> (commercial) driver manager that as far as I know no one has ever tested.
>
> Thanks for the clarified language. Yes, that is indeed the case. I
> have a database vendor that is stating that the datadirect driver
> manager is more stable than unixODBC and iODBC, so I am looking for how
> to tell RODBC to use the datadirect driver manager. Is this something
> that even makes sense to ask?
Yes. You need to tell configure how to link to it, and that will need
reading both sets of manuals.
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Brian D. Ripley, ripley using stats.ox.ac.uk
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