FreeTDS Development Group

["Ruffin Bailey" <Ruffin.Bailey AT noaa.gov>]

> Subject: Re: MS SQL Server 7.0
> Where specifically does it say it is not complete?  Our implementation 
> of TDS 4.2 is more mature than the 7.0 implementation, but there are many
> people using 7.0.  SQL Server 7 will operate using either TDS 7.0 or 4.2
> (however 4.2 has some limitations such as truncation of long character
> fields).

I was wondering a little about that too -- from what I've read around
the web, you'd sometimes think 4.2 is the only way to go for SQL7 and
other times that you'd *need* to use 7.  What exactly is the
"maturity-level" difference amount to in daily use?

Thanks!

Ruffin Bailey