[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - ODBC question
Jack Snodgrass
jack+ntlug at mylinuxguy.net
Fri Mar 21 16:52:08 CST 2003
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
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