Re: [c-jdbc] Using from non-Java apps

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 01:00:16PM -0000, Phil Ide wrote:

> I am a developer on the Windows platform, using PostgreSQL as my back-end. 
> The applications which use the back-end are written in Xbase++ (which 
> probably means nothing to you, so think of it in terms of another C 
> language).
> 
> At the moment, the applications connect to the back-end via libpq, the 
> PostgreSQL connectivity library written in C, and providing a C-based API.
> 
> Having looked at C-JDBC, I am convinced it is the solution we require.  
> However, since our applications are not written in Java, we cannot use the 
> JDBC drivers.
> 
> Is it possible to establish contact with the C-JDBC Controller via sockets 
> or some other IPC? If so, is there a documented API I can get hold of in 
> order to write a connectivity library?
> 
> If it helps, and if it is possible to interface to the controller from a C 
> application, I would gladly donate the library to the opensource community.
> 

The carob project is what you are looking for:

<http://carob.continuent.org/>

It's under development right now (4 developers, almost full-time),
welcome on board!