[Info-vax] MySQL from OpenVMS BASIC

[Rich Jordan]

On Aug 31, 4:28 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <280a3609-1b46-4443-89c0-aeb9bda7c... at t29g2000vby.googlegroups.com>, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> writes:
>
> >So, has anyone done the grunt work and produced an interface library
> >for VMS non-C high level languages to use the MySQL C API that they'd
> >like to share?  We've got a site interested in having their VMS system
> >work with a remote MySQL database; they have a BASIC compiler, nothing
> >else.
>
> >I know BASIC can be directly coded to work with the C API, but just
> >like working with Netlib is much easier than the socket interface from
> >a not-C language, so would this be too.
>
> >Thanks for any info.  I have found reference to a Fortran API someone
> >wrote and will be looking at that also.
>
> Jacket the C API with an interface that's more BASIC friendly.  I know it's
> not the answer you wanted but it shouldn't be that diff.
>
> I'd do it for you for some $$$ and beer. :D
>
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Thanks; I know we can do it since we've done jacket routines for other
C ports in the past.  Just hoping to save the time and effort if the
work has already been done somewhere.  It'll probably take longer to
write and test the jacket library than the actual program code with or
without use of the jackets.  And while I like the idea of having that
library available for down the road... I'm not getting any more time
on the project schedule just 'cause I want it.

I wouldn't mind trying to use Python or PHP in that interface role
either, but again time and permitted system access probably won't
allow.

Rich