[plug] ODBC clients for Linux

Colin 't Hart cthart at gbs.com.au
Mon Mar 15 21:32:54 WST 1999


Colin Rothnie wrote:
 
> I have an NT server running some sort of database that provides ODBC links.
>  I wish to query the database using a Linux client, preferably using text
> only scripts (ie not an X-based client).  I would also like the output to
> go to a text file for further processing.
> 
> Any ideas?
> (No I can't replace the NT server with a Linux box.)

Ideally you wrap up the business logic for that database in a CORBA
object on which you could then (network transparently) invoke methods.

Or you could run a light-weight web-listener on the NT box on which you
could invoke GETs to query data.

Which database?

Colin


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