FreeTDS Development Group

[Bill Tutt <rassilon AT list.org>]

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Brian Bruns wrote:

> 
> There was something posted regarding TDS 5.0 support not working. I hadn't
> realized that 5.0 had ever worked against SQL server.  It does make sense
> though, if SQL Server accepts the 5.0 login packet, which is mostly the
> same except the additional capabilities packet. 

The ordering of some packets can apparently be different from what TDS 4.2
specified apparently, and SQL Server 6.5 had support for logging in with
TDS 5.0 which they apparently accidently yanked for SQL 7.

After logging in from a TDS 5.0 client though, you're on your own. MS
won't support any other use of the 5.0 protocol.

> Good info though, and it goes to show why even though Sybase provides
> binary-only client libs for x86 linux, it's just not good enough. By the
> way, a (perhaps) interesting historical note.  I started all this because
> (well, aside from just basic curiosity that is)...because I had some dblib
> code I wanted to try out on my linux box.  Had Sybase made both dblib as
> well as ctlib available, this project probably never would have happened.
> 

Speaking of all of this... whatever happend to that TDS spec that the
Sybase person mentioned?? I think he said something about June and here it
is the end of August. :)

Bill