Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:476132a3$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> There appear to be ODBC drivers for accessing CSV files and so forth.
> 
> Yup. Excel spreadsheets, xml files, assorted databases, active directory,
> etc...
> 
>> So does that mean I can perform arbitrary SQL queries on a CSV file?
> 
> Probably. How complex a statement depends on the capabilities of the driver
> in question. If it has a manula/help file, read it.

...right. So you're saying the type of queries I can do can vary by ODBC 
driver?

I guess I was assuming that an ODBC driver is like a graphics driver - 
either you have graphics or you don't. (Oh, and some of the more exotic 
features might not be available, like 3D acceleration or hardware overlays.)

Basically I want to develop a program that talks to a database. I was 
going to use ODBC to do this. But I don't have a database set up right 
now, so I was wondering if I could test it with a simple text file until 
I get round to setting up a real database. [Obviously a CSV file isn't 
going to even approach the speed of a half decent database engine. But I 
can test whether data goes in and data comes out.]

Alternatively, does anybody know how to configure PostgreSQL? Because I 
can't get the damn thing to work properly...

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