Re: Accessing ODBC drive from ADA

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <54gen2$f6q@hecate.umd.edu>, jinxue@Glue.umd.edu (Jin Xue Kuang) writes:

>   I am new in ADA95.  My company wants me to create Windows NT 
> application using ADA 95.  My development platform will be
> Thomson Ada compiler.  Does any one knows how to make a connection
> with the ODBC driver in general from the ADA codes.  I know how to

According to http://www/thomsoft.com/products/ada/oa/family.html
the ODBC bindings (moral equivalent of a C header file) are in
even the lowest cost of the Thomson ObjectAda compilers, so it
looks like you have that part on hand already.  The fact that
it was easier for me to look at their web page than to look at
my copy of the software says quite a bit about their concept of
not providing _any_ printed documentation.

> do it in Visual C++ and Borland C++, but ADA seems like a monster
> to me at the moment. :)  Thank you very much.

But I think that if Ada (some are fussy about the capitalization)
seems like a "monster" right now, you might be better off to defer
the ODBC part and get your feet wet by doing whatever _else_ is
supposed to be in this program, like building a GUI interface,
reading a file, or whatever else your program is supposed to
do.  By the time that is done, you will have the experience
in the environment to more confidently attack the ODBC part.

Be sure to subscribe to the Thomson ObjectAda mailing list.
There is no track record yet to indicate whether you will
get good answers there, but if you indicate problem areas
then Thomson will know what to improve for the next version.

Larry Kilgallen