Re: [gnome-db] Connection strings

[Soeren <stp kabelnettet dk>]

OK, thanks a lot.

btw. it looks like dsn is stored in /home/username/..something.. 
is there anyway to create a dsn so that it can be seen by all 
users (a systemwide dsn)?


On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 12:22, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 11:56 +0200, Soeren wrote:
> > Is it correct that connection strings depend on the provider 
> > I use?
> > 
> yes
> 
> > gda_client_open_connection has "dsn" argument, does this only
> > work with odbc based providers? I am only familiar with db
> > access in windows so I have no idea if an odbc layer even exist > > for linux?
> >
> >he DSN is the name of the GDA data source you created. Use
>  gnome-database-properties to create it, it will ask you for the correct
> arguments for the connection string depending on the provider you
> select.
> 
> > Are gda providers just a wrapper on drivers developed in other
> > projects?
> > 
> no, they are drivers for accessing different RDBMS, or libraries (like
> ODBC)
> 
> > gda_client_open_connection_from_string has "provider_id" and
> > "cnc_string". Where do I find the list of provider ids?
> >
> the providers IDs can be looked at programatically, via
> gda_config_get_provider_list. Or look at them in the
> gnome-database-properties application (part of libgnomedb)
> 
> >  again
> > how would I go about finding the format of a cnc_string connection
> > string?
> > 
> this is entirely dependent on the provider you choose, so again, either
> do it programatically (gda_config_get_provider_list, which gets a list
> of GdaProviderInfo structs).
> 
> cheers
> 
> > I want to use the mono gda wrapper, but it seems undocumented.
> > Is any1 planning to provide this documentation?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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