FreeTDS Development Group

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On  2 Jun, James Cameron wrote:
> G'day,
> 
> My data is being truncated to 4096 bytes.
> PHP 3.0.15 to Microsoft SQL Server via FreeTDS from CVS.
> 
> I'm developing something based on a stored procedure name provided to
> me, about which the author states "returns two fields, case_id
> (CHAR_P:255) and case_history (CHAR_P - Multi Line field)".
> 
> Using PHP's sybase_fetch_row function shows the field returning with a
> length of 4096 bytes.  The sybase_fetch_field function also says 4096.
> 
> I went looking at php-3.0.15/functions/sybase.c and at freetds/src/dblib
> and freetds/src/tds but was unable to find any significant reference to
> 4096 bytes.  Is there such a limit?  If so, where can I adjust it?
> 
> Is it possible that the author has made this limit?

I believe Brian has already answered this one.

> Is it possible to read the stored procedure via FreeTDS?

I would really like to hear the answer to this one.

> Can you get a list of tables and columns via FreeTDS?

Try invoking the stored procedures 'sp_tables' for a list of know tables
in the database and 'sp_columns tablename' for the columns in the
table.  I know these work in MSSQL but am unsure as to whether sybase
is the same.  

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