Database bindings development ?

I just started a new app which needs data warehousing capable RDMBS
backend, so I went for MonetDB http://monetdb.cwi.nl/. Hooking lisp
through odbc works fine but it seemed that odbc is malfunctioning on a
lot of machines , mostly because of corrupted registries or
malfunctioning MDAC, also the instalation process would be more
cumbersome. So I'm asking myself how much would it take to create
production quality bindings for monetdb? And does it worth it? If
anybody has some experience with creating database bindings I would be
glad to hear it.
thanks

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