[freetds] 0.65 (or whatever) Issues
ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT
Frediano.Ziglio at vodafone.com
Thu Apr 19 05:36:49 EDT 2007
>
> > - dblib errors, Microsoft/Sybase. I realize that error
> constants of the
> > two library are different!!! This means that libraries are
> not binary
> > compatible and perhaps --enable-msdblib can have some problems...
>
> Well, not a problem, really. It might be interesting to see the
> differences. We don't make any claim or attempt at binary
> compatibility.
> If you want to use FreeTDS, you use FreeTDS's sybdb.h.
> Anything else is a
> crapshoot.
>
Yes, you are right... I confuse that msdblib with a binary compatibility. Perhaps the reason was that I use the same tests for our driver and ms odbc (under Windows) and I though it was the same
> > The
> > result is that using MS headers and FreeTDS's libraries can lead to
> > strange conditions handling errors (errors not handled in
> the same way).
>
> Example?
>
Simply if constants are different an error of X type is not detected and handled like a Y type... but this is due to wrong header thinking about binary compatibility!
freddy77
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