FW: [metabase-dev] drivers etc.

ups > -----Original Message----- > From: Lukas Smith [mailto:smith@dybnet.de] > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 10:53 PM > To: pear-cvs@lists.php.net; dev@binarycloud.tigris.org; metabase- > dev@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [metabase-dev] drivers etc. > > Hi, > > I will attempt to more actively approach people that I think are > competent enough to write a driver (actually I have allready started). > > At the sametime I have pushed adding drivers up in my personal agenda. > We have a new server that we got fairly cheap that is currently not > doing anything. I will get a bit of RAM for it and then I will get one > of my admins to install a few databases on to it: > Oracle > ODBC (DB 2 and SAP DB that should cover Adabas DB pretty well to) > > That leaves out MSSQL/Sybase for now. I have mailed the Frontbase guys > if they want to write a driver for their RDBMS. Interbase/Firebird might > get covered by Paul Cooper. I don’t know if I should even worry about > MSQL, but I hear they got 3.0 out :-) > > Anyways this way I will be atleast prepared to test any drivers people > offer. > > If it turns out that the community is not able to assist with adding > drivers I will probably have to write them myself when I need them. If I > will then have to break BC or remove a feature so be it. If however (and > this is what I am counting on) the community model works I will have > people write/port drivers and contribute them. Lets hope this is not a > naive dream. Time will tell. > > Regards, > Lukas Smith > smith@dybnet.de > _______________________________ > DybNet Internet Solutions GbR > Reuchlinstr. 10-11 > Gebäude 4 1.OG Raum 6 (4.1.6) > 10553 Berlin > Germany > Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 > Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 > www.dybnet.de info@dybnet.de > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Looking for a more powerful website? Try GeoCities for $8.95 per month. > Register your domain name (http://your-name.com). More storage! No ads! > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info > http://us.click.yahoo.com/aHOo4D/KJoEAA/MVfIAA/saFolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: metabase-dev- > unsubscribe@eGroups.com > Need other Metabase drivers? > http://www.egroups.com/surveys/metabase- > dev?id=263873 > Latest beta version: http://www.egroups.com/files/metabase-dev > Vote on Metabase: > http://www.zend.com/apps.php?id=122&single=1 > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/