Re: mysql , gnade and function hanging

[tonyg <tonythegair@googlemail.com>]

On Jul 3, 11:07 am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:05:40 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 01:45:09 -0700 (PDT), tonyg
> > <tonytheg...@googlemail.com> declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada:
>
> >> Thanks for your help Guys, now I know :), the mysql machine I am using
> >> is remote, I assume I will have to install a mysql odbc connector on
> >> it, is there any extra setup I will have to do for the local machine I
> >> writing the code for ?
>
> >    Hypothesizing, as I don't have experience with ODBC other than via
> > Python... I /think/ the ODBC connector would go one the local machine --
> > the connector "knows" how to talk to a MySQL engine, and that should
> > include handling a connection string that specifies a remote engine. It
> > is just the local application that needs access to the local ODBC layer
> > for translation...
>
> Yes. The thing is called "data source." Data sources are configured for a
> specific ODBC driver, in this case MySQL ODBC driver. Under Windows it is
> managed under Control Panel -> Administrative Tasks -> Data Sources. Under
> Linux it is usually unixODBC configuration.
>
> When you configure the data source, then depending on the driver you
> specify the server's host, IP port, user name, password etc.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakovhttp://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

Thanks for the detailed and informative replys Guys, looks like my way
forward after Gnatcoll seemed to be mysql less :)