Re: PostgreSQL on Windows' state - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alessandro Dentella
Subject Re: PostgreSQL on Windows' state
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Msg-id 20200923105258.GA31920@bluffx
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL on Windows' state  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL on Windows' state
Re: PostgreSQL on Windows' state
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On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:21:39PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> st 23. 9. 2020 v 10:38 odesílatel Alessandro Dentella <
> sandro.dentella@gmail.com> napsal:
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > disclaimer: I've never been a Windows user and I send this email just on
> > behalf
> > of a friend that has problems convincing his team to use PostgreSQL.
> >
> > I'd like to understand if what the team replies to him is correct or not.
> >
> > The final project should work with Python (we know it just works) and with
> > c#.
> > The team states that:
> >
> >   "It does not exist a native driver. You need to use ODBC, that is an old
> >   technology and doesn't give warranties in terms of security, reliability
> > and
> >   performance."
> >
> > Is it any true? is it biased?
> >
> 
> https://kb.objectrocket.com/postgresql/how-to-install-psycopg2-in-windows-1460
> 
> So minimally psycopg2 - native driver for Python exists for Win

Thanks Pavel, but psycopg2 (that I always use is just for Python). T
hey claim/complain that from c# there's no native solution.

Personally I don't know even if ODBC is really to be considered a second class
choice. It sounds awkward to me that such a great db has flaws like this (I'm
NOT stating it *has* flaws)


sandro



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