FreeTDS Development Group

[Rusty Conover <rconover AT zootweb.com>]

On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:15:15 Daniel Bruce Lynes wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Rusty Conover wrote:
> 
> > I've fixed this problem by setting the TCP_NODELAY flag with setsockopt()
when
> > I open the TDS connection.  After I set that socket option flag everything
works
> > with large queries.
> 
> If you need to set the TCP_NODELAY, that suggests an error in the networking
> code.  TCP_NODELAY should only be used in certain situations such as
> implementation of a telnet client.  For general network applications, it
should
> never be used...all it serves to do is fragment bandwidth and annoy
sysadmins.

Hey, if you come up with a better solution let me know, but TCP_NODELAY does
serve a purpose here to get the SQL query sent to the server as
quickly as possible.  I'd rather not wait for data coming from the server when
I'm serving a web page.  Essentially this argument is six and one half dozen 
the
other.

Rusty
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