[webstack-discuss] Additional PHP extensions for SXDE

[Sriram Natarajan]

Manyi
 Yes, I very much understand the importance of unixODBC drivers. That is 
the reason, I initially wrote to this alias as well as to other Open 
Solaris aliases to see if the integration is feasible.

 But, based on the response I got from database-discuss mail alias, I 
sense some reluctance in bundling unixODBC or Free TSD client drivers 
within Open Solaris.  I very much hope / wish that we actually integrate 
these components within Open Solaris. We have even got a customer asking 
us to integrate them.
 
thanks
sriram

Manyi Lu wrote:
> Sriram Natarajan wrote:
>> Hi
>>  Here is the latest update with respect to additional database support.
>>
>> 2) Database folks within Sun seem to feel that  unixODBC and Free TDS 
>> products are sort of beta quality . However, I have not heard a 
>> refusal to bundle these libraries yet. So, I am still waiting for a 
>> final answer on this topic.
> May I ask who says unixODBC is of beta quality? It is the way to 
> connect an ODBC client to a database on unix. On the other hands, none 
> of Postgres, MySQL, Java DB that we bundle with Solaris include a ODBC 
> driver which makes bundling unixODBC unnecessary. For connecting php 
> with external databases, you still need unixODBC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Manyi
>