Thread: 7.2b5 notes

Just an FYI that the recent problem I had (in 7.2b2) naming a column 
'Time' is not present in this beta.  Although it was not critical that I 
had a column named time, it does ease my porting effort.

Also...  

when I downloaded 7.2b5 and compiled using the steps

./configure --with-perl --enable-odbc --with-unixodbc
make

I received and error in the .../interfaces/odbc directory about unknown 
files
sql.h
and a couple of others (I did this at home last night).

Since I've only recently tried to use an application on Linux that uses 
ODBC, I'm unfamiliar with the unixODBC manager and how to define odbc 
DSN's on the Linux system.  However, I'm pretty sure that I need to 
compile with odbc enabled to install the Linux odbc driver.  Correct? Are my config options incorrect?

Running ./configure with no options and compiling resulted in no errors 
and I could successfully make install.  But I don't think I have an odbc 
driver to use...

Thanks,
Dwayne

Dwayne Miller writes:

> when I downloaded 7.2b5 and compiled using the steps
>
> ./configure --with-perl --enable-odbc --with-unixodbc
> make
>
> I received and error in the .../interfaces/odbc directory about
> unknown files sql.h and a couple of others (I did this at home last
> night).

It sounds like you don't have unixODBC installed at all.  See
www.unixodbc.org.  "--with-unixodbc" doesn't mean you're using Unix and
you want to use ODBC.  unixODBC is the product name of an ODBC driver
manager that runs on POSIXy operating systems.  You might want to check
out the ODBC chapter in the Programmer's Guide, too.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net