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ODBC library for C?

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  • 12-09-2005 3:59am
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    Balfa
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    Does anyone know a free ODBC C library I can download? I need to do a little cruddy-old-unmaintained software to database project.

    While we're here, does anyone know a good central repository of C resources? like cpan for C?


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    Mutant_Fruit
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    Check out SQLite. Afaik its written in C, so you should have no problem integrating it. Its a damn findy databasing app. Used it myself in a recent project.


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    Balfa
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    Does that need a DLL installed on the client in addition to my app? I dunno if I can do that :/

    I just looked it up and can't find any headers or documentation for actually using its API... Am I missing the point?


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    Mutant_Fruit
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    Are you writing a cruddy old app to network with an existing database? Or are you writing a cruddy old app which needs a database? I thought you meant option 2, and i was suggesting you could use SQLite as your databasing program.

    SQLite is a database engine. Maybe that ain't what you're looking for. Are you looking for a library of some sort that allows easy access to connect to an OBDC connection?


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    ressem
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    I assume you're using Windows. Then your first step is to download the MDAC SDK, in amongst .
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx

    There is a sample c program and the same docs that you can find on the MSDN site regarding odbc.


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