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  • From: Gordon Ross <ross AT fas.harvard.edu>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] [Fwd: Re: Connecting perl to MS SQL on Tru64 Unix use freetds]
  • Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:35:36 -0500 (EST)

Hi Steve,

> I've tested FreeTDS on Linux/Alpha before, and have just run a
> quick test using 0.61pre1 and DBD::Sybase (0.93). I had no problems
> here; if there is a specific test I can run that he knows to cause
> problems, I'm happy to give it a shot here. However, my build logs
> for 0.60 show no 64bit-specific errors, which makes me think this is
> somehow a Tru64 problem, not a 64-bit problem.

The problem I experience is when perl/dbd-sybase/freetds is used
via a mod_perl application in apache. Outside of apache I have had no
problems with 0.60. The freetds build is performing properly.

-- Gord

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> > From: Gordon Ross <ross AT fas.harvard.edu>
> > To: dbi-users AT perl.org
> > Subject: Re: Connecting perl to MS SQL on Tru64 Unix use freetds
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I rebuilt freetds 0.60 as a 32 bit module (cc -taso) and
> > tests
> > using apache/perl/dbd-sybase/freetds so far have been successful
> > (!!).
> > I am very relieved. Since this caused memory to be
> > re-organized,
> > there still exists the possibility of memory trashing, but all
> > looks
> > good so far.
> >
> > Thank you very much, Michael, for pointing this out!
> >
> > -- Gord
> >
> >
> > ======================================================================
> >
> > > > I have loaded perl 5.8.0/DBD-Sybase .91, .95/freetds .60
> > > > and it
> > > > works properly except if I use it under apache
> > > > (1.3.27)--which is
> > > > where I need it most. The errors I receive are (1) seg
> > > > fault, (2)
> > > > cannot find symbol iconv_open (during the loading of
> > > > Sybase.so) and
> > > > (3) "Had to create DBD::Sybase::dr::imp_data_size
> > > > unexpectedly". Oh,
> > > > and sometimes it works. The errors always happen during
> > > > the
> > > > DBI -> connect (). My guess is that memory is being
> > > > trashed
> > > > somewhere.
> > >
> > > I would bring this up on the freetds mailing list. I suspect that this
> > > may a problem with the 64bit-ness of Tru64 and that FreeTDS doesn't
> > > handle this correctly.
>
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