Is it possible to create zero config installation by using connecton string and simply including odbc dll files (odbc32.dll, odbcint.dll, odbccp32.dll ) with application ?
This is a lot simpler for end user, no manual config required. "William Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> VFP will run in WINE up to VFP version 8. But the people I talk to that >> are doing this are using VFP's native tables. Does anyone know if it's >> possible to run VFP8 in WINE and connect to Postgresql on a Linux server? >> I think part of the question here is how would WINE emulate the ODBC to >> get to the Postgresql server. > > I can confirm FoxPro running under Wine/Linux can access Postgres via ODBC > and performs nearly comparable to FoxPro under Windows. I got 90%+ > performance on some of my data processing programs. Where you do get > really slow is accessing DBFs over the network because NFS is so > inefficient. > > It doesn't work with UnixODBC so you need to install the Postgres Windows > ODBC driver under WINE. Double-click on the ODBC installer, then type: > wine odbcad32.exe to launch the config file. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
