[Gretl-devel] Re: ODBC connector

On Mon, 24 Feb 2020, atecon wrote: > Am 24.02.2020 13:15 schrieb Allin Cottrell: >> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020, atecon wrote: >> >>> I just compiled latest source code from git. Unfortunately, the 'open' >>> command still returns an error when calling the function: >>> >>> <hansl> >>> function void open_odbc_connection (string DSN, >>>  string USER, >>>  string PW) >>>  open dsn=@DSN user=@USER password=@PW --odbc >>> end function >>> </hansl> >>> >>> The error message is: "The "open" command cannot be used in this >>> context >>> *** error in function open_odbc_connection, line 1" >> >> It works OK here. Are you sure you're calling gretl built from current >> git master? > > Sorry for the noise, "git pull" yielded some error here. Works fine now! While we're on the subject: I need to pull a string-valued series from an ODBC source, which is not possible at present (if I'm not mistaken). Shall we leave this for after release?