On Jul 19, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> moduleName
> � � � "Return the name of the module for this library"
> � � � Smalltalk platformName = 'Win32' ifTrue:[^'odbc32'].
> � � � Smalltalk platformName = 'unix' ifTrue:[^ 'libodbc.so'].
> � � � Smalltalk platformName = 'Mac OS' ifTrue:[^ 'libiodbc.dylib'].
> � � � ^self error: 'Don''t know the ODBC library name'
>
> works for me. �Find attached.
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Tudor Girba <
tudor.girba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all the pointers. I am now testing on Mac using the Actual driver:
>
http://www.actualtech.com/product_access.php
>
> I managed to get it running, but now I have problems with the ODBC Pharo implementation because there seems to be no module for Mac:
>
> ODBCLibrary class>>moduleName
> � � � �"Return the name of the module for this library"
> � � � �SmalltalkImage current platformName = 'Win32' ifTrue: [ ^ 'odbc32' ].
> � � � �SmalltalkImage current platformName = 'unix' ifTrue: [ ^ 'libodbc.so' ].
> � � � �^ self error: 'Don''t know the ODBC library name'
>
> Is there something to be done in this area?
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
>
> On 19 Jul 2010, at 01:04, Germ�n Arduino wrote:
>
> Yes, Indeed, I mean, I used a driver to access, but can't remember now
> the brand, but I'm sure I not payed for it :)
>
> May be I used some trial version....
>
> 2010/7/18 Levente Uzonyi <
leves@elte.hu>:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Germ�n Arduino wrote:
>
> Not, I'm not talking of propietary software.
>
> I'm talking of one I used when helped Diego with the testing of the
> odbc package. Don't remember now, but may be this
>
http://www.unixodbc.org/ ?
>
> ODBC is just an API, if you don't have a driver for yourdatabase, then it
> won't help.
>
>
> Levente
>
>
> About Mac, sorry, never touched a mac in all my life....
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> 2010/7/18 Levente Uzonyi <
leves@elte.hu>:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Germ�n Arduino wrote:
>
> Hi Tudor:
>
> Is as Levente says, you must define an ODBC source on a Windows PC
> (Alternatively on Unix you can use ODBC also).
>
> I don't know any free ODBC drivers for Access on un*x. I only know a
> driver
> which costs 4-5 times more than the windows OS itself :). But
> there's a driver for mac which costs only 30 usd if you're interested.
>
>
> Levente
>
>
> Some examples on:
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2480
>
> Cheers.
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>
>
> 2010/7/18 Levente Uzonyi <
leves@elte.hu>:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Tudor Girba wrote:
>
> Thanks Mariano!
>
> Indeed, if I load ConfigurationOfFFI first, everything loads well.
>
> I am a complete newbie in this area. Can anyone tell me what I should
> do
> next?
>
> I imagine that I should connect to an Access server. If yes, how would
> I
> do that?
>
> Also, do I need anything else, like a C plugin/library to get the C
> calls
> from ODBCLibrary going?
>
> First you'll need a pc running windows. Then you have to create an ODBC
> Data
> Source for your Access file. Then you'll be able to create a connection
> to
> that datasource from your image.
>
>
> Levente
>
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2010, at 09:17, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Tudor Girba <
tudor.girba@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried loading it, but I get :
> "This package depends on the following classes:
> ExternalLibrary
> ExternalStructure"
>
> Can anyone tell me where to find these from?
>
> This means that you need Metacello ;)
>
> Those classes are from FFI, a pre-requisite for ODBC to work.
> Maybe there is a ConfigurationOfODBC somewhere...
>
> For the moment, I recommend you to install FFI using the
> ConfigurationOfFFI.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mariano
>
>
> Also, are there eternal prerequisites to work with ODBC?
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2010, at 00:35, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010, Tudor Girba wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft Access database from Pharo?
>
> Yes, with ODBC.
>
>
> Levente
>
>
> I have an mdb file of 300 Mb that I would need to analyze.
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
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