I am not yet using Access as a front end to pgsql, but it is something I would like to get set up in the future, and I AM in the very early stages of developing an application which has an Excel front end to pgsql, and the data connection issues here may be very similar. I am currently comparing the use of ODBC vs. OLEDB (with ADO in VBA) to connect to pgsql and pull data in. I think OLEDB will be faster and more stable...IF a good OLEDB driver for pgsql exists, that is. And if not, will I have to go thru MSQuery to get to pgsql via ODBC? I hope not...
So I don't have an answer for Karabac, but I'll looking at the same questions and I'll post what I find. And if anyone has thoughts or experience on OLEDB vs. ODBC for connecting to pgsql from Microsoft software, I'd love to hear of them!
~Kelly
Karebac wrote:
I installed pgsql yesterday on my windows xp. I was under the impression that I needed to also download and install a specific odbc driver so that MS Access could link to pgsql tables. Someone explained to me that an ODBC automatically installs now, when I install pgsql. Sure enough, they were right. I was able to find an ODBC driver and link MS Access to pgsql.
My question is this: Is that default odbc driver, which installs with pgsql the best one to use for MS Access? I notice that there are a confusing array of odbc drivers to download. What is the difference between all of them. How can one decide which is best for a particular purpose, such as MS Access.
Do many of you use MS Access as a front end to pgsql?
Thanks!
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