FreeTDS Development Group

["Michael Quandt" <quandtmm AT ptd.net>]

I am in the process of downloading the free tds.  I want to place a java
applet on a web server, and have it be called in a web page, access a MS
SQL Server, and return the query to a clients machine using the fourth
category of JDBC Drivers.

Is this one of them as quoted from the Sun Web Site

http://www.java.sun.com/products/jdbc/drivers.html

4.A native-protocol fully Java technology-enabled driver converts JDBC
technology calls into the network protcol used by DBMSs directly. This
allows a direct call from the client machine to the DBMS server and is a
practical solution for Intranet access. Since many of these protocols
are proprietary the database vendors themselves will be the primary
source for this style of driver. Several database vendors have these in
progress.

Which driver would be best for my Intranet application?

 ftp://freetds.internetcds.com/pub/freetds_jdbc

 ftp://freetds.internetcds.com/pub/freetds/freetds.snapshot.tgz

 ftp://ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/freetds-0.46.tgz

 ftp://ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds-0.45.tgz

Should this driver be loaded on my MS SQL Server?

Mike Quandt
quandtmm AT ptd.net
mike_quandt AT fwc.com