Re: Latest ODBC driver?

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org 
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Mark 
> Morgan Lloyd
> Sent: 27 August 2006 22:49
> To: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] Latest ODBC driver?
> 
> Does this correspond to the versions of e.g. odbc32.dll as 
> shown in the control
> panel? 

No - it's just the version of the spec that the driver supports.

> Noted comment about the BDE- I'm still using that but trying 
> to work to a point
> where I can junk it: IMO it's the worst of all worlds. On the 
> other hand once I
> get rid of BDE I'm not sure whether I'll continue using ODBC 
> or go direct. Are
> there any specific issues I should be watching out for with 
> BDE and the ANSI
> driver?

No - it's th eUnicode one that disagrees with BDE - specifically,
text/varchar columns will all be empty if requested as Unicode strings -
which is exactly what BDE does because the driver offers that as the
default.

> Courtesy of Google hence
> http://www.installshield.com/news/newsletter/0411-articles/msi
exec.asp, the
> format appears to be
> 
> msiexec /x psqlodbc.msi

/x and /uninstall are equivalent in Installer 3.x. I guess not in 2.x

Regards, Dave