[freetds] sybsensitivity?
Frediano Ziglio
freddy77 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 3 11:24:27 EST 2009
Il giorno sab, 03/01/2009 alle 10.47 -0500, James K. Lowden ha scritto:
> http://manuals.sybase.com:80/onlinebooks/group-cnarc/cng1110e/dblib/@ebt-link;pt=12272?target=%25N%15_12482_START_RESTART_N%25
>
> If someone could explain to me what SYBBOUNDARY and SYBSENSITIVITY are,
> I'd be much obliged.
>
> I modified tds_willconvert() to support SYBIMAGE last night (minor change)
> and came across these again. The function returns the correct value for
> them now -- we don't convert them to or from anything, even to themselves
> -- but I couldn't find anything in Sybase's references that explain what
> they are. The closest I got was in the DB-Library manual,
>
> SYBBOUNDARY
> Security sensitivity_boundary type.
> Use DBCHAR as the type for program variables.
>
> SYBSENSITIVITY
> Security sensitivity type.
> Use DBCHAR as the type for program variables.
>
> For more information on server datatypes, see
> the Transact-SQL Reference Manual.
>
> AFAICT, though, the T-SQL manual is mute on the subject.
>
> Many thanks.
>
I don't know for certain but I think these types are used for crypted
and/or long passwords, kerberos and related stuff... I agree manual is
not so clear...
Frediano Ziglio
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