Thread: Re: Foxpro + PostgreSQL
I have not had problems with integers but I am using a VFP class for SQL server backends that was written by someone else. Best thing is to try it yourself. If you need support sign up for the psql-general list. They're a good resource and have subscribers from all platforms.
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Margaret Gillon, IS Dept., Chromalloy Los Angeles, ext. 297
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| Mike Copeland <mike@ggisoft.com> 09/07/2006 11:06 AM
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Margaret,
It helps a lot! Now all I have to do is figure out why another guy wrote me back saying that he had struggled with using PostgreSQL for 2 years and recently switched to MySQL (along with buying licenses for his customers) and, in his words, "it was a breath of fresh air!"
From the rest of what he wrote, he indicates that PostgreSQL is a pain to manage...as in adding users, etc. I think I'll try PGADMIN III as you recommended below.
Do you recall running into any weird data type problems with the ODBC connection? With MySQL, there's a weird thing with whole Integers versus decimal place number field types...I don't recall the exact problem but I do remember it drove me up the wall last year before I figured it out. Turned out to be an ODBC bug that no one has any desire to fix since there's a workaround.
Thanks again and thanks for any feedback.
Mike
MargaretGillon@chromalloy.com wrote:
Hi Mike,
I have been using Visual FoxPro with Postgresql for two years. Currently my front end is Visual Foxpro 9. I do not have the Postgresql on a Windows server, I am on a Linux server that is running RedHat 9. I upgraded my Postgresql two months ago and I am on version 8.1.4. My clients connect with the Postgresql ODBC driver for Windows . I haven't had any problems with this combination. I handle most of the access rights in the VFP application. To access the server data I am using SQLCONNECT and then SQLEXEC to send queries. The program I use to manage the databases is PGADMIN III on Windows.
There are other VFP programmers on the pgsql-general maillist and some of them work with both Postgresql and MySql (Windows and LInux). They have helped me before when I hit snags. Many of them have been using this combo since VFP 6. There are programmers on the www.UniversalThread.com which use this combo too.
Hope this helps.
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| Mike Copeland <mike@ggisoft.com> 09/07/2006 12:27 AM
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Margaret,
I found a post of yours on the PostgreSQL website. It didn't look like
you had ever gotten a response so I am writing to ask if you have
pursued the Foxpro+PostgreSQL combo, or not.
I have years of Foxpro (currently on 9) experience, and began using
MySQL as a backend a couple of years ago. Now that I'm getting close to
rolling out an application I wrote (Foxpro frontend, MySQL backend) I'm
getting nervous about the licensing issues with MySQL. So, I'm looking
into switching from MySQL to PostgreSQL.
All that to ask, did you have any success in your attempts to use this
combo?
I've been using the sqlstringconnect function in Foxpro 9, but is that
possible with PostgreSQL? There seems to be a dearth of info available
about using FP9 as a frontend to PostgreSQL...everyone seems to focus on
which is better, blah blah blah.
Thanks for any and all feedback!
Mike Copeland
Genesis Software Group
On 9/7/06, MargaretGillon@chromalloy.com <MargaretGillon@chromalloy.com> wrote: > > > I have not had problems with integers but I am using a VFP class for SQL server backends that was written by someone else.Best thing is to try it yourself. If you need support sign up for the psql-general list. They're a good resource andhave subscribers from all platforms. > I used VFP for pg ages ago and found it to be an 'ok' combination. Honestly, if you want to do that type of development, Delphi is superior in every way. However, if you must do it that way, pg is fine. The performance will be largely driven by the vfp odbc pass though engine, not the backend server. merlin
I think the ODBC pass through engine has been enchaned in newer versions of foxpro because many companies are moving to SQLserver backends. At recent VFP conferences there are sessions devoted entirely to this subject.
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Margaret Gillon, IS Dept., Chromalloy Los Angeles, ext. 297
> I used VFP for pg ages ago and found it to be an 'ok' combination.
> Honestly, if you want to do that type of development, Delphi is
> superior in every way. However, if you must do it that way, pg is
> fine. The performance will be largely driven by the vfp odbc pass
> though engine, not the backend server.
>
> merlin