[fpc-pascal] Database questions re 21579: [Patch] Dbtestframework compilationf fixes for Win64

[Sven Barth]

Am 29.03.2012 10:13, schrieb LacaK:
> Reinier Olislagers wrote / napísal(a):
>> On 28-3-2012 12:22, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>>
>>> On 28-3-2012 11:36, Sven Barth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 28.03.2012 11:12, schrieb Reinier Olislagers:
>>>>
>>>>> On 28-3-2012 11:04, Sven Barth wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> (b) Maybe nobody needed it yet. I myself might be the first one at all
>>>> who wanted to interface with Oracle on Windows directly without ODBC. ;)
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Maybe it was only really tested on Linux...
>>>>
>>> Mmm... could be...
>>>
>>> Thanks Sven, if I get no other answers I think I'll propose a patch that
>>> builds Oracle, PostgreSQL, MSSQL and Sybase on Win64...
>>>
>>
>> On second thoughs: I don't have any need to have these components on x64
>> Windows and have other priorities (e.g. I'd prefer seeing a working
>> dbtestframework on Win64 so Firebird embedded etc can get properly
>> tested), so I think I'll pass on that patch for now.
>>
>>
>
> I still do not understand, why not include (for example new
> mssqlconnector) with Win64 build?
> I do not have Win64 machine so I can not test, but I expect, that there
> is no problem complile FreeTDS/db-lib for Win64 so if only reason for
> excluding package from Win64 is "missing client library", then this
> reason is not valid.

I agree here.

> Can anybody explain please why some sql-db connections are presented on
> Win64 and some not?

Perhaps because either nobody verified that they work there or because 
nobody had expressed enough interest to have them enabled there.

Regards,
Sven