Thread: SSL and ODBC

I presume that the ODBC driver uses libpq underneath (either statically or
dynamically loaded) to talk to the server.  That being the case, is it
possible to enable the existing SSL links (probably very experimental at the
moment) between the client and server while using ODBC?  This would be a BIG
win.

MikeA


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> I presume that the ODBC driver uses libpq underneath (either statically or
> dynamically loaded) to talk to the server.

Actually, no! libpq requires a cygwin environment, and (perhaps) there
was a worry about performance (though that doesn't seem to be an issue
to me). So the ODBC driver is completely standalone. The downside is
that it requires separate maintenance, and I'm pretty sure that there
are some arcane issues which don't get fixed there when they change in
libpq...
                   - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California