[Gretl-devel] Re: ODBC connector
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 19.02.2020 um 10:19 schrieb atecon:
>
> 1) I want to write a open_odbc_connection() function. Unfortunately,
> the 'open' command cannot be executed within a function. For its
> standard application loading a data set I fully understand the reason.
> However, for just opening a ODBC connection by the '--odbc" option, I
> don't get rational for this restriction.
> Feature request: Allow making use of the open command in case the
> --odbc option is passed.
Wanting this functionality sounds very reasonable, but I'm noticing that
'open .... --odbc' does not seem to be documented in the command reference.
As I mentioned previously, Artur's request is now granted. In response
to Sven's observation I've now added references to the ODBC option to
the doc for the "open" and "data" commands.
I've also added a little to the ODBC chapter of the User's Guide, and
changed its status to a regular chapter rather than an appendix. (That
makes it easier to hot-link into the online help.)
Allin