[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - ODBC question

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:35:16 -0600, Merlin wrote:


> What UPS is referring to is simple.  When you install MDAC (Microsoft Data 
> Access Components) on a machine, it comes with some Microsoft written ODBC 
> drivers to connect to a variety of different databases, including Oracle.
> 
> If you have a license to the Oracle client, and install it on a machine, then 
> you will also have Oracle ODBC drivers installed.  Obviously, these drivers are 
> written by Oracle.
> 

One question I had... the client is on a IRIX 6.4 system... isn't that 
a Unix ( unix-like ) system. Does Microsoft have ODBC drivers for that? 
Just curious. I assumed that the MS ODBC stuff was for windows
platforms.... this part of the question confused me. 

jack