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Sergio Enrique Samayoa Solis

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Aug 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/10/00
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I heard much about the lack of ODBC driver. I need to known if someone is
actually writting it. If no one I can do it and sell it. I want heard
opinions about this issue. Is Jim still working on the ODBC driver or just
dropped it ?

Regards.


Bill Todd (TeamB)

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Aug 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/10/00
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I have not heard anything about the ODBC driver but I would be surprised if
Jim is working on it under the circumstances.

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Bucks4All

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Aug 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/12/00
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Hi there,

Jim Starkey is leading the development of an open-source ODBC driver.
See Jim's report on the status of the ODBC driver.

http://www.interbase.com/open/community/opensource_odbc.html

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Nick Gorham

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Aug 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/14/00
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Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:

Hi,

We (Easysoft) have a driver under development, we are not sure just what
licence it will be released under, we did start it some time ago, but paused
work on it after Jim announced his plans. I hope something will be ready in a
few weeks.

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Bill Todd (TeamB)

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Aug 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/14/00
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Good news. Thanks.

tmiller

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Aug 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/15/00
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You have one beta tester right here!

Nick Gorham wrote:

> Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > I have not heard anything about the ODBC driver but I would be surprised if
> > Jim is working on it under the circumstances.
> >

> > --
> > Bill Todd (TeamB)
> > (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)
>

> Hi,
>
> We (Easysoft) have a driver under development, we are not sure just what
> licence it will be released under, we did start it some time ago, but paused
> work on it after Jim announced his plans. I hope something will be ready in a
> few weeks.
>
> --
> Nick Gorham
> Easysoft Ltd

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Malcontent

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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Nick Gorham wrote:
>
> We (Easysoft) have a driver under development, we are not sure just what
> licence it will be released under, we did start it some time ago, but paused
> work on it after Jim announced his plans. I hope something will be ready in a
> few weeks.

Awsome!.

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Nick Gorham

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:

> Good news. Thanks.


>
> --
> Bill Todd (TeamB)
> (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)

What would be usefull is a list of what people want to do with the
driver, I have it linking to libgds.so, and working under unixODBC. It
works with Applixware and Staroffice, but it would be nice to see what
other people are doing with it and on what platforms.

My thoughts was to get a beta out for people to play with on Linux,
while we work out what sort of licence it will be done under.

Phil

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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"Nick Gorham" wrote...

Hi,

> What would be usefull is a list of what people want to do with the
> driver, I have it linking to libgds.so, and working under unixODBC. It
> works with Applixware and Staroffice, but it would be nice to see what
> other people are doing with it and on what platforms.

On Linux, I would be interested to use it with ColdFusion as we have a
project starting with that in a couple of months and it seams like Oracle is
are only real choice, but we would prefer Interbase.

On Windows, Crystal Reports and Business Objects seam to be a must. It
would also be handy for VB'ers looking to use a better database than
SQLServer.

> My thoughts was to get a beta out for people to play with on Linux,
> while we work out what sort of licence it will be done under.

Sounds good.

Cheers

Phil


Jared RH

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
You have one more more than willing beta tester here...

Linux - ColdFusion
Windows NT/2000 - ColdFusion, Crystal Reports, MS Access, ASP, PowerBuilder
(yes, PB...), VB

That's all, just a small list.

Jared

Nick Gorham <ni...@easysoft.com> wrote in message
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> Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > Good news. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Todd (TeamB)
> > (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)
>

> What would be usefull is a list of what people want to do with the
> driver, I have it linking to libgds.so, and working under unixODBC. It
> works with Applixware and Staroffice, but it would be nice to see what
> other people are doing with it and on what platforms.
>

> My thoughts was to get a beta out for people to play with on Linux,
> while we work out what sort of licence it will be done under.
>

Roger Nyberg

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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Yes, one more.

Windows 98 NT/2000, Crystal Reports, ASP, VB

Roger

David Cornelius

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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A friend of mine wanted to use IB with ChiliSoft's ASP on Cobalt Linux
boxes, but switched to MySQL because of the ODBC driver availability (or
lack thereof). Can't figure why he didn't want to learn Perl or PHP. ;-)

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www.interactivenw.com
corne...@interactivenw.com

tmiller

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Aug 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/16/00
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Cyrstal Reports.

Nick Gorham wrote:

> Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > Good news. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Todd (TeamB)
> > (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)
>
> What would be usefull is a list of what people want to do with the
> driver, I have it linking to libgds.so, and working under unixODBC. It
> works with Applixware and Staroffice, but it would be nice to see what
> other people are doing with it and on what platforms.
>
> My thoughts was to get a beta out for people to play with on Linux,
> while we work out what sort of licence it will be done under.
>
> --
> Nick Gorham
> Easysoft Ltd

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Nick Gorham

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Aug 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/17/00
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Jared RH wrote:

> YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
> You have one more more than willing beta tester here...
>
> Linux - ColdFusion
> Windows NT/2000 - ColdFusion, Crystal Reports, MS Access, ASP, PowerBuilder
> (yes, PB...), VB
>
> That's all, just a small list.
>
> Jared
>

Ok, thats the sort of thing we normally test drivers with anyway, so I know
what most of them expects :-)

Ed Malloy

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Aug 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/17/00
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Hi Nick,

As we have discussed elsewhere, I would like it to link to Cold Fusion
4.5 for LINUX (A best seller, I understand)

ed

Nick Gorham wrote:
>
> Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > Good news. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Todd (TeamB)
> > (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)
>
> What would be usefull is a list of what people want to do with the
> driver, I have it linking to libgds.so, and working under unixODBC. It
> works with Applixware and Staroffice, but it would be nice to see what
> other people are doing with it and on what platforms.
>
> My thoughts was to get a beta out for people to play with on Linux,
> while we work out what sort of licence it will be done under.
>

Peter

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Aug 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/18/00
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Nick

Windows 9x NT/2000, Crystal Reports

Regards
Peter

Craig Stuntz

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Aug 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/18/00
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Peter wrote:
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> Windows 9x NT/2000, Crystal Reports

Us, as well.

-Craig

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Senior Developer http://www.vertexsoftware.com

Tauseef Shazad

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Nov 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/20/00
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That sounds wonderfull. plz do count me in for BETA testing and any
assistance you may require, for this driver. I'm developing a number of
Client Server applications that need connectivity with MS office and also
for development of ASP based Front office for my applications

Tauseef Shazad

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> Bill Todd (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > I have not heard anything about the ODBC driver but I would be surprised
if
> > Jim is working on it under the circumstances.
> >

> > --
> > Bill Todd (TeamB)
> > (Questions received via email cannot be answered.)
>

> Hi,


>
> We (Easysoft) have a driver under development, we are not sure just what
> licence it will be released under, we did start it some time ago, but
paused
> work on it after Jim announced his plans. I hope something will be ready
in a
> few weeks.
>

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