Hai all,
I would like to know is it possible to run a Windows database application in
linux using wine. For eg. How can I run a VB application which uses MS Access as
backend in linux. Does wine supports MDB files. I could only run stand alone
windows applications in linux using wine. Does wine supports database
applications.
Thanks in advance
for your reply.
Saravanan
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* saravanan <saravananv@erdcitvm.org> [2003-11-20 17:13:57 +0530]: Hi, <snip>> I would like to know is it possible to run a Windows database > application in linux using wine. For eg. How can I run a VB > application which uses MS Access as backend in linux.Well, if your Database server is running in wine, it should be possible. Also there're ODBC drivers for opensource rdbms like PostgreSQL. I'd really recommend using postgresql under gnu/linux and connecting you wine'd application to it via odbc, instead of using silly wannabe-databases like access or m$-sql-server. BTW: is there any interest in adapting the win-odbc to unixODBC within wine ? cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT services phone: +49 36207 519931 www: http://www.metux.de/ fax: +49 36207 519932 email: contact@metux.de cellphone: +49 174 7066481 --------------------------------------------------------------------- DSL-Zugang ab 0 Euro. -- statische IP -- DSL-Flatfrate -- Diese Mail wurde mit UUCP versandt. http://www.metux.de/uucp/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 02:56:03PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:> BTW: is there any interest in adapting the win-odbc to unixODBC > within wine ?This seems like it would be a good idea forporting applications written against a MySQL or Postgres backend, or where Unix ODBC drivers are available. However, the major Windows office packages come with a pile of ODBC drivers for common databases. It might be more useful to write a converter that looks like an ODBC driver to Windows aplications but passes requests along to a Perl DBI driver. There seems to be a better selection of those, and all the ones on CPAN are, or course, open-soource. Does Wine presently depend on Perl in any other way? -- DLL