Re: Was my question inappropriate for postgres? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 7/24/22 17:27, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On 7/24/22 19:56, Taka Taka wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I posted question bellow.
> 
> 
> And? No takers? I wonder why. Maybe the question is unclear? This is 
> really surprising :)

The question was straight forward and clear.
> 
>>
>> Hello.
>> I would like to know if psqlodbc_13_02 is compatible with M365.
>> Also, could you please tell me which of the psqlodbc_13_02 would be
>> suitable to Windows 10 64-bit?
> 
> What is M365? Is it a part of Microsoft Office 365, aka "O365"? Is it 
> related to M-16? What di you mean by "driver suitable for Windows 10"? 
> If the driver can be installed and configured by the MS ODBC driver 
> administrator, then I guess it's suitable. Make sure the driver you use 
> is mauve, they take the least RAM

The ODBC lacks the version matrix the JDBC site:

https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html

has so I think is appropriate to verify version compatibility. Though as 
I mentioned it probably a low work task to just try it.


>> Was my question inappropriate?
>> I wanted to know if the pdbc driver above would be compatible to 
>> Microsoft's M365.
> What part of Office 365 do you want the compatibility with? Excel?

Other parts of Office also use database connectivity such   as Access or 
Word.

>> Also, I find variety in the odbc driver.
> 
> I don't. ODBC drivers implement the same protocol when communicating 
> with the database and they all work the same. Here is what I have:

Hmm, I wonder why they have versions then?

As to below, really?  If you don't want to answer the question then don't.

> 
> The string "f36" in the PostgreSQL ODBC package name denotes a very 
> special version of Windows, more advanced than even Windows 11. I was 
> able to connect all 3 of the drivers above to LibreOffice and use them 
> to query the underlying database. I was able to do the same on my 
> Windows 8.1, with all 3 of those drivers.
> 
>> Is it possible to know which of the driver is suitable to Windows 10 
>> 64-bit?
> 
> Suitable how? What exactly do you want to do? What does the word 
> "suitable" even mean in the context you're using it?
> 
>> Or could you please tell me where to inquire?
>>
> There is this site named "https://www.google.com" which can be used to 
> find a lot of useful information and some paid ads, too. As of lately, I 
> prefer DDG, but that's just a personal preference.
> 
> If there were no takers for the first question, that may say something 
> about the question. At this point, you gotta ask yourself one question 
> only: do I feel lucky?
> 
> -- 
> Mladen Gogala
> Database Consultant
> Tel: (347) 321-1217
> https://dbwhisperer.wordpress.com
> 


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