Re: Qt Ada database support?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Stephen Leake wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> > Stephen Leake wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> >> those ODBC drivers require installation and administration, and I
> >> can't figure out how to do that on Debian. I can figure out how to
> >> install SQLite on Debian.
>
> > How abouthttp://www.debian-administration.org/articles/496? Does it
> > help? It may be outdated though.
>
> That looks helpful. In particular, it says the unixODBC package
> includes the MySQL drivers. Which means (I think), I don't need the
> MySQL connector, which is what I couldn't find on the MySQL website!
>
> And it has instructions for all the other steps, too.
>
> I'm sure I can adapt to version number changes.
>
> Thanks for the link; that website looks good in general.

No, AFAIU, unixodbc does not include the MySQL connector; you have to
install the complementary package "libmyodbc" to get that. While
researching this I noticed there also exists a package
"libsqliteodbc" :) Debian keeps surprising me in good ways :)

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Ludovic Brenta.