FreeTDS Development Group

[Stephan February <essef AT mweb.co.za>]

Hi there

Too bad about the NDA :-(.
I have the following setup over here. Linux on my laptop, windows 95 on
my workstation at work, and MS SQL Server 7.0 on NT somewhere
downstairs. I have just finished writing a very elementary proxy for
Linux; and have managed to successfully intercept and log the entire
login process for my Win/SQL 7.0 ISQL client.
I hope to be of help in documenting the TDS 7.0 protocol as 'embraced/
extended/ implemented' by MS. If you have any utilities lying around
that you have used in you own efforts with the other TDS reverse
engineering efforts, please forward them.
Not having looked too deeply into the current 4.2/4.6/5.0 tds
implementation in the code, how difficult would it be to fold TDS7.0
into the existing code-base?

Rgrds
Stephan
essef AT mweb.co.za

> > Does anyone know where to get hold of Version 7.0 of the TDS spec? How 
> > does
> > this list feel about collaborating with the unixODBC  project to meet
> > goals?
> >
> There are no specs available without NDA for any TDS version that I'm
> aware of. (Although Sybase is supposedly going to release them soon for
> TDS 5.0). TDS 7.0 support could be added if needed. I'm guessing since
> they kept the name 'TDS' this is just a few tweaks to the protocol rather
> than a total restructuring, although I'm only guessing.  However, since I
> don't have access to either 7.0 servers or clients this is going to be
> impossible for me to do.
> 
> > Rgrds
> > Stephan
> > essef AT mweb.co.za
> >
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brian
>