ODBC library for C?

Balfa · 12-09-2005 03:59AM #1

Does anyone know a free ODBC C library I can download? I need to do a little cruddy-old-unmaintained software to database project.

While we're here, does anyone know a good central repository of C resources? like cpan for C?

Mutant_Fruit · 12-09-2005 08:29AM

Check out SQLite. Afaik its written in C, so you should have no problem integrating it. Its a damn findy databasing app. Used it myself in a recent project.

Balfa · 12-09-2005 07:25PM

Does that need a DLL installed on the client in addition to my app? I dunno if I can do that

I just looked it up and can't find any headers or documentation for actually using its API... Am I missing the point?

Mutant_Fruit · 12-09-2005 07:41PM

Are you writing a cruddy old app to network with an existing database? Or are you writing a cruddy old app which needs a database? I thought you meant option 2, and i was suggesting you could use SQLite as your databasing program.

SQLite is a database engine. Maybe that ain't what you're looking for. Are you looking for a library of some sort that allows easy access to connect to an OBDC connection?

ressem · 13-09-2005 03:25PM

I assume you're using Windows. Then your first step is to download the MDAC SDK, in amongst .
http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx

There is a sample c program and the same docs that you can find on the MSDN site regarding odbc.

ODBC library for C?

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