Thread: Some info needed to advocate
Hi all, I have a couple of questions from some people interested in migrating to PostgreSQL and I lack some answers. Please can you help me answer the following questions: - are there native PostgreSQL drivers for Delphi and Crystal Reports? The people would like to avoid using ODBC. - about the planned Windows native version: is it going to be exactly the same or are there going to be some missing functionalities, what with it running on Windows and not Unix? Are there any major issues that can be expected? Thanks --------------- Francois Home page: http://www.monpetitcoin.com/ "Would Descartes have programmed in Pascal?" - Umberto Eco
On Monday 01 March 2004 17:18, Francois Suter wrote: > > - are there native PostgreSQL drivers for Delphi and Crystal Reports? > The people would like to avoid using ODBC. There is at least one company producting drivers for Borland's products, so I would be surprised if there wasn't something for Delphi - Googling should do there. Don't know of anything for Crystal. Why do you not want to use ODBC? > - about the planned Windows native version: is it going to be exactly > the same or are there going to be some missing functionalities, what > with it running on Windows and not Unix? Are there any major issues > that can be expected? I'm sure someone involved in the Windows port will help out here, but the effort is to make the PostgreSQL code run on both platforms, not to produce another Windows version. Of course, since Windows is a new platform to run on, it won't have received as much testing as with *nix systems, and might need some performance work too. Other than that, I can't think what would cause problems. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
, >Hi all, > >I have a couple of questions from some people interested in migrating >to PostgreSQL and I lack some answers. Please can you help me answer >the following questions: > >- are there native PostgreSQL drivers for Delphi and Crystal Reports? >The people would like to avoid using ODBC. > >- about the planned Windows native version: is it going to be exactly >the same or are there going to be some missing functionalities, what >with it running on Windows and not Unix? Are there any major issues >that can be expected? The Windows port will be based on the exact same source, so it should contain the same functionality. But since it's the first version for a very different platform, there are sure to be some gotchas. I'm not aware of any yet, though, and the goal is to have none. We hope to catch all major issues before release, but that depends a lot on how much testing it gets. And again, since it's a completely new port, it will be less well-tested than the Unix versions. //Magnus
Francois Suter wrote: > - are there native PostgreSQL drivers for Delphi and Crystal Reports? > The people would like to avoid using ODBC. Delphi: Yes. Check out ZeosLib (http://www.zeoslib.net). These are exactly what you need. Crystal Reports: not sure. I use Ace Reporter, which frankly is fantastic, but for Crystal Reports maybe somebody else can help you with that information. > - about the planned Windows native version: is it going to be exactly > the same or are there going to be some missing functionalities, what > with it running on Windows and not Unix? Are there any major issues > that can be expected? The windows port should be just fine, but expect a long beta period before all the issues are worked out, I expect at least 6 months. In the meantime I suggest using cygwin or Interix. Merlin *
Richard Huxton wrote: >On Monday 01 March 2004 17:18, Francois Suter wrote: > > >>- are there native PostgreSQL drivers for Delphi and Crystal Reports? >>The people would like to avoid using ODBC. >> >> > >There is at least one company producting drivers for Borland's products, so I >would be surprised if there wasn't something for Delphi - Googling should do >there. > > http://www.microolap.com/dac/postgresdac.htm I've used that product in C++ Builder and it works well. It claims to work in Delphi. afaik Crystal integration still requres odbc. Gavin