[R-sig-DB] RODBC and datadirect 64bit on linux

[Prof Brian Ripley]

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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