Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] RFC: Improvements to External Tables
Author Adriano dos Santos Fernandes
Alex Peshkov wrote:
> First problem. Currently external engines access is actively developed by the
> project. Looks like very soon we will be able access virtually any file
> format using ODBC. Would not extending of external tables be just a
> duplication of our efforts in that direction?
Yes, and in two different ways.

One would be through selectable Java procedures, using any (or ODBC)
JDBC driver. It will be read-only.

Another one would be through remote providers. It could be read-write.


Adriano