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README
- Description
unixODBC is an Open Source ODBC sub-system and an ODBC SDK
for Linux, Mac OSX, and UNIX.
- License
All libraries are LGPL except the News Server driver which
is GPL. LGPL libraries can be used by commercial software.
All programs are GPL.
- Parts
unixODBC includes the following;
- Driver Manager
- Installer Library and command line tool
- Drivers and Driver Setup libraries
- Graphical tools to admin ODBC, test drivers and browse data sources
- Command Line Tools to help install a driver and work with SQL
How To Start:
Look for and read README files with extensions of interest. Then
read the INSTALL file.
You can also jump into the doc directory and browse information
there. And do not forget the online stuff.
Some documentation may be a bit out of date the vast majority of
it should be ok.
Config Files:
The ODBC Installer Library is responsible for reading and writing
the unixODBC config files.
The savy can look at;
_odbcinst_SystemINI.c
_odbcinst_UserINI.c
In anycase; you can override where unixODBC looks for its system
config files by setting the ODBCSYSINI enviroment variable during
the use of unixODBC.
- Resources
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unixodbc/
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| Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> | | 14.DEC.01 |
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