Re: What happend to odbc.sql & odbc-drop.sql - Mailing list pgsql-odbc

Dave Page wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org
>>[mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Todd Denniston
>>Sent: 13 February 2006 15:58
>>To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
>>Subject: [ODBC] What happend to odbc.sql & odbc-drop.sql
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>>I am attempting to use the directions at
>>http://kandalaya.org//download/oo-pgsql.html
>>to configure odbc with pgsql and OpenOffice.org on a Fedora
>>Core 4 system.
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>>I found a message at:
>>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-odbc/2003-09/msg00087.php
>>which points to the psqlodbc cvs, but that appears empty.
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<SNIP>...
>>there was no
>>mention of the
>>odbc.sql  & odbc-drop.sql scripts, or even what should replace them.
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>>So is there a reason why these went away?
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> It was removed because it is no longer required:
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> http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/psqlodbc/psqlodbc/convert.c?rev=1.117&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
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> Regards, Dave.
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So with postgresql-8.0.6 and postgresql-odbc-08.00.0100 as installed by
Fedora, I should be able to just skip section 5.1 of the kandalaya document then?

It might be good to add that little tidbit to your faq.html {patch attached,
but needs spell checked}.

and on the subscription page, the link to the FAQ seems broken too.
http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr?domain=postgresql.org&func=lists-long-full&extra=pgsql-odbc

Thanks for the update.
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
--- docs/faq.html.orig    2006-02-13 18:31:15.000000000 -0500
+++ docs/faq.html    2006-02-13 18:43:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -16,3 +16,3 @@
     <p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at <a href=
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"http://gborg.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/psqlodbc/docs/faq.html?content-type=text%2Fhtml;cvsroot=psqlodbc">http://gborg.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/psqlodbc/docs/faq.html?content-type=text%2Fhtml;cvsroot=psqlodbc</a>.</p>
+
"http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/psqlodbc/psqlodbc/docs/faq.html?rev=1.3">http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/psqlodbc/psqlodbc/docs/faq.html?rev=1.3</a>.</p>

@@ -40,2 +40,3 @@
     <a href="#3.4">3.4</a>) Does psqlODBC support encrypted login for connections?<br>
+    <a href="#3.5">3.5</a>) What happend to odbc.sql & odbc-drop.sql?<br>

@@ -223,2 +224,8 @@

+    <h3><a name="#3.5">3.5</a>) What happend to odbc.sql & odbc-drop.sql?</h3>
+    <p>
+    Functionality in convert.c removed the need for them. You can safely skip over any steps
+    in old procedures that called for these scripts.
+    </p>
+
     <h2>4) Advanced</h2>