From: Bob Hyman
Subject: Re: LISP<->ODBC databases, how?
Date: 
Message-ID: <96066.110131U14873@uicvm.uic.edu>
······@sphinx.biosci.wayne.edu (Kenneth R. Knight) says:
>  ...
>What I'm looking for is any information that is available on how to
>interface ODBC-aware databases (like FoxPro) with LISP environments
>(MCL on the Mac, an ODBC development SDK exists for the Mac from
>Apple) and Allegro Common LISP on the PC.  Idealy I'd like to find
>a cross-platofrm solution so i don't have to re-invent the wheel
>on each platofrm. What is out there?

I don't know what's available cross-platform, but you might find
this stuff as extension packages for LISPs or Schemes that
support extension packages.  For example, George Carette's "siod"
(Scheme) comes with a bunch of extension packages to support
several interfaces to different kinds of databases.  In fact,
the extensibility of siod is so cool that it has inspired me to
add an ODBC extension package to a home-grown LISP that I have
been working on.  Unfortunately, since I can work on it only in
my spare time, it will be a while until it is even half-finished.

Bob Hyman - ········@uic.edu