RE: ODBC only shows QGPL

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Buck Calabro [mailto:Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net]
>The new driver does indeed use spaces, not commas.

Hmmm, talk about a dumb change. Two questions, when do I get this "new"
driver? Does it show up in a PTF, or what? And what about the default
collection issue? I'd found in the past that IBM would use the first library
in the list as the default collection unless you started the list with a
comma, how is this now handled?

Makes me glad I don't use IBM's ODBC driver <G>

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: Buck Calabro [mailto:Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 12:06
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: ODBC only shows QGPL


Buck said:
>>My ODBC guy here tells me that IBM
>>have changed the most recent driver to
>>require SPACES and not commas in the library list.

Walden said:
>I sure as he*l hope not. I can't imagine
>changing all the DSNs (and DSN-less) connections
>out there to remove the commas.

Our particular scenario is that we are retrieving the library list from the
driver (for display purposes) and our code broke when the returned libl had
no commas in it.  I have the PMR in my hand.  The new driver does indeed use
spaces, not commas.  Here's the kicker: if you upgrade from an older
version, the driver handles the library list for you (converting from comma
delimited to space delimited).  If you install a brand new driver you need
to use spaces.

Another wrinkle is that an upgraded driver will return a comma delimited
list, whereas a new install will return a space delimited list.

The documentation is being updated to reflect these changes.
  --buck
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