[freetds] patch for new application program

entropy at freetds.org entropy at freetds.org
Tue Nov 16 12:42:03 EST 2004


Thompson, Bill D (London) wrote:

> I don't see why creating extra db-library functions should be  a bad
> thing, if they fill functional deficiencies in the existing dblibrary
> API, and do not compromise the behaviour of the existing functions.

Namespace pollution, for one.  If you absolutely must have this 
function, I would prefer that it be named _dbtablecolinfo() or even 
_freetds_dbtablecolinfo().

But since you know the DB-Library API is deficient with respect to the 
requirements of this application, why not just write the application 
using one of the other APIs?




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