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  • From: "Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>
  • To: "FreeTDS Development Group" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [freetds] What happened to tds_set_charset?
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:29:02 -0500

> From: netmask [mailto:netmask AT enZotech.net]
> Sent: January 30, 2004 3:03 PM
>
> Go figure.. Compiled 0.53 and it works like a charm. It looks
> like some of the
> structures changed between then and now..
>
> its working great now. I guess I'll have to dig in and update
> the code a bit.

Structures have changed quite a bit since 0.53. Any number of functions have
changed, too, and new (required) ones have been introduced. Result set
handling is very different nowadays, because we handle dynamic sql, rpc,
parameters, and compute rows.

If you want a stable API, pick one; we have three. :-)

db-lib, ct-lib, and ODBC are defined by the vendors. We're expanding their
implementation, but we're not changing it (except to correct earlier
mistakes). The libtds API, OTHO, is quite volatile, because we're
continually refactoring things in support of new functionality. If things go
according to plan, you can expect like changes in 0.63.

Anyone talented enough to use libtds will find db-lib a walk in the park. If
you're thinking of updating sqlsmack, and if I could offer a word of advice,
it wouldn't be "plastics". It would be "db-lib".

Regards,

--jkl

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