From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 20 21:48:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03389 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:48:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03373 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:48:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA19161; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 14:17:39 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199808210447.OAA19161@cain.gsoft.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: conjuror@home.com cc: Julian Elischer , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: ODBC/JDBC and FreeBSD] In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:33:39 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 14:17:39 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > of JDBC drivers currently. pure JDBC drivers ( rare ), some other type ( my > memory is like a sieve ) & third type is what your party was enquiring > about...a driver that acts as a bridge between JDBC & ODBC. all major databas The second type is where the driver is a native method which talks directly to your database. They are less rare than pure drivers, as quite a few DB vendors write them. (ie they're in C/C++) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message