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diff --git a/web/odbc b/web/odbc deleted file mode 100755 index e29bc448552..00000000000 --- a/web/odbc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,218 +0,0 @@ -* ODBC Data Provider - -<ul> - - <li>ADO.NET Data Provider for Data Sources - that have <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/data/odbc/">ODBC</a> support.</li> - - <li>Exists in namespace System.Data.Odbc and assembly System.Data</li> - - <li>Works on Windows and Linux. Should have no problems working on UNIX too.</li> - - <li>Works on Windows via the native Windows odbc32.dll</li> - - <li>Works on Linux via: - - <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.unixodbc.org/">unixODBC</a> which has - commercial support - from <a href="http://www.easysoft.com/">Easysoft</a></li> - - <li><a href="http://www.iodbc.org/">iODBC</a> which has - commercial support - from <a href="http://oplweb.openlinksw.com:8080/download/">OpenLink Software</a></li> - </ul> - - <li>List of unixODBC <a href="http://www.unixodbc.org/drivers.html">drivers</a> - - <li>List of <a href="http://www.sqlsummit.com/odbcvend.htm">ODBC Vendors</a> - - <li>ODBC can connect to various databases which has an ODBC driver installed: - <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/">Oracle</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_interbase.html">Interbase</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.sybase.com/downloads">Sybase</a> ( - via <a href="http://www.freetds.org/">FreeTDS</a> on UNIX)</li> - <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.asp">Microsoft SQL Server</a> ( - via <a href="http://www.freetds.org/">FreeTDS</a> on UNIX)</li> - <li><a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/">IBM DB2 Universal Database</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/access">MS Access</a> - (via <a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/">MDB Tools</a> on UNIX)</li> - </ul> - - <li>ODBC Provider created by Brian Ritchie.</li> - - <li>Does not support trusted connections</li> - -</ul> - -** Current Status - -<ul> - <li>Can Connect on: - <ul> - <li>Windows via native Windows odbc32.dll</a></li> - <li>Linux via: - <ul> - <li>unixODBC's libodbc.so</li> - <li>iODBC's libiodbc.so</li> - </ul> - </li> - </ul> - </li> - - <li>Various databases have been tested using their - ODBC drivers: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server</li> - - <li>Can execute non-query commands via ExecuteNonQuery of a OdbcCommand</li> - - <li>Can execute aggreates and retrieve a single row single column result via - ExecuteScalar of a OdbcCommand</li> - - <li>Can execute queries via ExecuteReader of a OdbcCommand and - retrieve results using an OdbcDataReader</li> - - <li>Can get a DataTable containing schema info via GetSchemaTable() in a OdbcDataReader</li> - - <li>Can Fill a DataTable in a DataSet via an OdbcDataAdapter</li> - - <li>Works in SQL#, but Column names don't show up correctly.</li> - - <li>Bugs with Mono or the data provider should be reported - in Mono's Bugzilla <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/">here</a>. If you - do not have Bugzilla user account, it is free - and easy to - create one <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/createaccount.cgi">here</a>.</li> - - -</ul> - -** Action Plan - -<ul> - - <li>Fixing bugs - - <li>Testing with other setups -</ul> - -** Testing ODBC provider with IBM DB2 Universal Database - -<ul> - <li>You need a working mono and mcs</li> - - <li>For Unix, you will need unixODBC or iODBC installed</li> - - <li>Have acess to a <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/">IBM DB2 Universal Database</a> or - you can download from IBM</li> - - <li>Read these web pages about Unix, ODBC, and IBM DB2 - - <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.unixodbc.com/doc/db2.html">unixODBC web page about IBM DB2</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/ad/v8/cli/t0010406.htm">IBM web page about unixODBC and DB2</a></li> - </ul> - </li> - - <li>The ODBC provider is similar to the <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/ibmdb2.html">IBM DB2</a> provider.</li> -</ul> - -** Testing ODBC provider with MySQL - -<p>You can test Mono's ODBC provider System.Data.Odbc with the MySQL ODBC driver MyODBC - -<p><ul> - <li>Take a look at OdbcTest.cs in mcs/class/System.Data/Test</li> - - <li>Here is a ConnectionString format if you have a DSN setup: -<pre> -"DSN=dataSetName;UID=myuserid;PWD=mypassword" -</pre> - </li> - <li>Here is a ConnectionString format if you do not have a DSN (have not - gotten this to work though): -<pre> -"DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" + -"SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=test;" + -"UID=myuserid;PASSWORD=mypassword;" + -"OPTION=3"; - -</pre> - </li> - <li>C# Example: -<pre> - using System; - using System.Data; - using System.Data.Odbc; - - public class Test - { - public static void Main(string[] args) - { - // have an ODBC DSN setup named MYSQLDSN - // that accesses a MySQL database via - // MyODBC driver for ODBC with a - // hostname of localhost and database test - string connectionString = - "DSN=MYSQLDSN;" + - "UID=myuserid;" + - "PWD=mypassword"; - IDbConnection dbcon; - dbcon.Open(); - dbcon = new OdbcConnection(connectionString); - IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand(); - // requires a table to be created named employee - // with columns firstname and lastname - // such as, - // CREATE TABLE employee ( - // firstname varchar(32), - // lastname varchar(32)); - string sql = - "SELECT firstname, lastname " + - "FROM employee"; - dbcmd.CommandText = sql; - IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader(); - while(reader.Read()) { - string FirstName = (string) reader["firstname"]; - string LastName = (string) reader["lastname"]; - Console.WriteLine("Name: " + - FirstName + " " + LastName); - } - // clean up - reader.Close(); - reader = null; - dbcmd.Dispose(); - dbcmd = null; - dbcon.Close(); - dbcon = null; - } - } -</pre> - </li> - <li>Building C# Example: - <ul> - <li>Save the example to a file, such as, TestExample.cs</li> - <li>Build on Linux: -<pre> - mcs TestExample.cs -r System.Data.dll -</pre> - </li> - <li>Build on Windows via Cygwin: -<pre> - mono C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/bin/mcs.exe \ - TestExample.cs \ - -lib:C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/lib \ - -r System.Data.dll -</pre> - </li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>Running the Example: -<pre> -mono TestExample.exe -</pre> - </li> - -</ul> |