On Thursday 19 May 2005 22:03, buppcpp wrote:

> snip:
> MSDASQL: The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL) provides
> ADO clients access to databases through ODBC Drivers. This has been
> the default provider for ADO; however, for future releases of MDAC
> and the 64-bit Windows operating system, MSDASQL has been
> deprecated. Therefore, to access the database from ADO, clients must
> use appropriate Native OLE DB Providers, such as SQLOLEDB, to access
> Microsoft SQL Server. MSDASQL will be not available on the 64-bit
> Windows operating system; however, it will still be possible to use
> on the 64-bit Windows operating system through the 32-bit Windows
> subsystem.
>
> There will be no support for ODBC and definitely no support for 64-
> bit ODBC.
>

This seems to suggest to me that it is OLEDB/ADO that doesn't have a
future. The same document you cite states quite clearly that MS will port
ODBC to 64-bit, so ODBC quite obviously has a future. And, has been
pointed out, MS sees .NET as the future, and the Firebird project already
has a driver for it. Who, exactly, is intended to use OLEDB/ADO ?

That said, if you want to provide development funding for a Firebird
specific OLEDB provider I would recommend contacting the Firebird
Foundation. Their specific goal is to co-ordinating funding to developers
to undertake projects such as this. (Subject to approval, of course.)


Paul
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