FreeTDS Development Group

[Brian Bruns <camber AT umcc.ais.org>]

On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Steve Etchelecu wrote:

> I installed it and found similar connecting problems.  From Solaris 2.6
> I've noticed that (in general) every other connection succeeds. 
> 
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:14:17 1998)    7 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:14:37 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:14:56 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:15:16 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:15:35 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:15:55 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> ASE_LINUX......DATASERVER NOT RESPONDING
> ASE_LINUX......active (local: Sep 26 14:16:14 1998)    8 processes;   0
> blocked
> 
> The problem does not seem to occur using the supplied isql on the local
> system.
Likewise, local isql (or sqsh) worked great...I'm waiting of 2.0.36 before
I dig into it any more.

> 
> Otherwise it looks good, isql and bcp seem to work ok.  I read somewhere
> in the docs that SQL Monitor was to be included but I don't see it.  I
> don't currently have a working copy of sqsh or sybperl on the system to
> test it against.
> 
SQL-Monitor started being bundled under 11.5, it was still a separate
product for 11.0.x...:( although I run it on a rs and display it on
another linux box with a 21" monitor :)

> As for 11.9, it is GA on most platforms according to their web site. 
> I've been testing it on Solaris 2.6 -- successfully upgraded an 11.5.1
> SWR 7958 server to 11.9.2 beta 2 without too much trouble.  Brian, did
> you mean to say that you thought 11.9 might be coming for Linux?
>
No, I just wasn't sure if it was GA yet or not. It appears that sybase
forgot how to count like the rest of the industry.  I try to avoid the
first couple releases of a major upgrade and let things shake out. :)
 
> As for the future of freetds, I believe it is a very worthwhile
> project.  Sybase may or may not, at their discretion, continue their
> Linux support.  (As they mentioned in their license agreement, it's
> unsupported).  I've been subject to their whim since they first released
> ctlib for Linux (in a.out format!).  ELF support (which was needed about
> 3 months later) never came from them as far as I know.  I don't mean to
> slight them for their Linux support, I was glad to have it, but they
> have their priorities, and freetds addresses a different arena.  The
> comments on the dblib support as well as mssqlserver support are well
> taken.  With source available for freetds, bug fixes can be addressed as
> well.
Exactly. Sybase was the best of the first tier database vendors in
supporting linux prior to two months ago. Unfortunately that wasn't saying
much at the time.
> 
> I'm looking forward to freetds's success.
> Steve Etchelecu
> 
We are getting there slowly but surely...dblib is actually quite useable
other than row buffering and bcp, rpc type stuff.  What we really need is
short examples of stuff that doesn't work (emphasis on short).

Brian