[Gambas-user] odbc dsn-less support or "connection strings" and documentation status?

[PICCORO McKAY Lenz]

hi Ml/zxMarce this feature are available officially in the normal 3.9.X
release and up? i use the svn and i dont know if !

Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com

2017-05-23 13:56 GMT-04:00 ML <d4t4full at ...626...>:

> Piccoro,
>
> Using ODBC via ConnectionString needs only the Connection.Type (so that
> gambas knows it should use the ODBC component) and Connection.Host (for
> the connection data) properties correctly set.
>
> The component will, first and foremost, scan the .Host property looking
> for semicolons (";"). If it finds at least one, it will assume the
> property holds a ConnStr.
> If there are no semicolons, it will connect as it always did, with a
> DSN. Otherwise, it will use the ConnStr in .Host to call ODBC's
> SQLDriverConnect() function.
> But when the component calls that ODBC function, no other (gambas)
> component properties are used, and thus are ignored. It is assumed that
> all necessary data to connect is present in the ConnStr.
>
> If the component fails to connect when other (gambas) component
> properties are set, it could be something I did no foresee. Please
> elaborate and I'll try to see if I can fix it.
>
> zxMarce
>
> On 23/05/17 14:01, PICCORO McKAY Lenz wrote:
> > well in my svn version of 3.9 are working.. but i dont know if are
> available in 3.9.0 officially
> > also noted that code must configure only host and type, if any other are
> configured connection will fail
> > Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
> > http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com
> >
> > 2017-05-23 12:55 GMT-04:00 PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard at ...626...>:
> >> the odbc gambas connection supports DSN-less mode? i mean, all the
> settings into the gambas code, no need of ini files i remenber that this
> are, since Gambas 3.8.1, IIRC, gb.db.odbc was made to support the so-called
> "Connection Strings".
> >> i can update the documentation but i wish to know if are available in
> gambas 3.9.0 at leas http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/doc/odbc for the missing
> image cache i can sustituye and upload newer or made a text only
> >> Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
> >> http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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