FreeTDS Development Group

[tetherow AT nol.nol.org]

On 29 Dec, James Cameron wrote:
> G'day FreeTDS Development Group,
> 
> I've been lurking on this distribution list for a couple of weeks,
> hoping to find an answer to this esoteric question ...
> 
>       Is this what I need for this hack I'm about to embark on?
> 
> We have a bunch of UNIX and OpenVMS hackers in a department that is
> about to adopt a new call handling application based on Microsoft SQL
> Server.  These hackers know next to nothing about the intricacies of the
> Wintel platforms.  But we want to interface to this call handling
> database server for our own purposes.
> 
> What I think I need is a way to fetch data from that database within C
> code running on a Linux box, which then provides the information using
> more public protocols such as HTTP, FTP, and IRC.
> 
> It seems FreeTDS can provide this, but I'm unsure.  The FreeTDS FAQ uses
> a large number of acronyms that I do not yet recognise ... it
> presupposes that you know what you are looking for.
> 
> Is FreeTDS what I need?
> 
> [I've yet to resolve my difficulty installing the package, hopefully
> there is some example code that will help me.]
> 

If what you want to do is simple queries into a MS SQL database from a
unix platform, then yes FreeTDS is what you want.  We using it to do
just that in a commercial environment.  The reason why I qualify
'simple queries' is becuase that is ALL we do, FreeTDS I am sure does
much more than all we need it for, but I know it can do at least that
much well.

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