[webstack-discuss] Additional PHP extensions for SXDE

[Manyi Lu]

+1.

I think unixODBC is a very useful php extension for SXDE. I'd love the 
see someone taking care of it!

Manyi


Tracy, John wrote:
> Hello All-
> I was curious as to what others are doing. Here's what I found in fifteen minutes of looking:
>  
> Red Hat includes unixODBC in Fedora (and thus I assume eventually in Red Hat Linux if not already done):
> ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS
>  
> Suse includes unixODBC:
> http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/server10/i386/index_all.html
>  
> Ubuntu includes unixODBC:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/web/php5-odbc
>  
> Ubuntu includes FreeTDS:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/libs/tdsodbc
>  
> Debian includes unixODBC:
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/php5-odbc
>  
> Debian includes FreeTDS:
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/tdsodbc
>
> UnixODBC seems to be pretty well accepted in the larger *nix community. If *Solaris were to bundle FreeTDS and Oracle drivers, I do think it would provide some interesthing marketing ramifications--"The *nix that connects to any database" (well, pretty close to any that you're likely to find in any sizeable organization...)
>  
> Short of a blessed package from Sun, I am willing to help create an download script that would add it to the existing packages. There's no sense in my taking the time to do it once for myself if that effort can be extended to benefit others. Nonetheless, I'd really like to see these included in Solaris.
>  
> Cheers-
> John
>  
>  
>
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> From: webstack-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org on behalf of Sriram Natarajan
> Sent: Mon 10/29/2007 10:19 PM
> To: Manyi Lu
> Cc: Webstack Discuss
> Subject: Re: [webstack-discuss] Additional PHP extensions for SXDE
>
>
>
> 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
>>
>>     
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