Re: Database in Redhat Linux

>>application to data from other applications . . . I mean WOW what >>a concept. ;) Informix, Oracle, etc... already have ODBC for every >>platform under the sun (pun!), and unixODBC provides drivers for >>several of the freebee db engines. >JDBC is the best. Java access and can use ODBC sources, > via the JDBC-ODBC bridge so it is a superset of ODBC. Are there JDBC-ODBC bridges for platforms other than Win32? >Type 4 (Pure java) JDBC drivers are truely platform independent >as well. > > One driver for ALL platforms, no Solaris version, HP version, > ..."Oh we havn't made a version for your OS yet"... > >"One driver to..and in the darkness bind them" >I'm feeling very "Lord of the Rings" today! So the "darkness" is Java? Can I write an app in a language other than Java and use the JDBC driver? Anyway, I thought Bill Of Gates had forged a new ring bearing the emblem "C#". Apparently he has enough cash to entice a former resident of Eregion to return from paradise and assist in the smithing. Systems and Network Administrator Morrison Industries 1825 Monroe Ave NW. Grand Rapids, MI. 49505