Hello Dr. Brett,
>Second, ROOT is independent from RDBC and RDBC doesn't need to be, nor
>should it be, installed in $ROOTSYS, so I can't see how installing
>"ODBC stuff" can effect normal ROOT usage. My guess is your ROOT
>installation proper has some other problem.
>
I never said I put it in $ROOTSYS and I did not. I don't see how it can
break ROOT either, yet it seems to have done just that. The stuff on
that page is the only set of changes I made.
> In case it wasn't obvious, that page contains instructions for how
>
>MINOS collaborators should install this "ODBC stuff" for running the
>MINOS offline software. There was no attempt to make it generic. It
>may indeed be useful to others, but only by accident.
>
It was obvious, and yet it was the only page where I could find
instructions for getting ODBC functionality into ROOT. I assure you I
am not trying to collect on a warrantee. On the other hand, I'm using
FLRH9.0, which I expected would be same as or similar to MINOS.
>ROOT proper knows nothing of RDBC
>
You might be right, because I never installed RDBC by itself. There was
no mention of such on the pages I referenced. Maybe if I do install
that package, all will be well again. ROOT apparently does know about
either MyODBC or unixODBC, because as I said they were the only changes
to my set up.
I will look into RDBC and some other points you raise. Thanks.
- John
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Dr. John Krane
jkrane@netzero.com
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