FreeTDS Development Group

[Michael Peppler <mpeppler AT peppler.org>]

Brian Bruns writes:
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 JefferySamuel AT binus.ac.id wrote:
 > 
 > > 
 > > btw: what's the different between ctlib and dblib ??
 > > sorry for one liner...
 > > 
 > 
 > dblib was Sybase's original database access api, personally I like using 
 > it,
 > it does what it does well.  Microsoft even still supports it (but only for
 > TDS 4.2).
 > 
 > Around the time Sybase system 10 came out, Sybase developed ctlib as a 
 > "next
 > generation" api.  The idea was that datasources may not be a relational
 > database and a broader API was needed for more advanced options (such as
 > placeholders for instance).  ctlib has less function calls but more
 > arguments per function.  personal aside: ctlib has always struck me with a
 > design by commitee feel, it does everything, but it's a bit harder to use.

True. But dblib suffers form name space collisions for a lot of stuff,
unfortunately.

ctlib is also more "regular", imho...

Michael
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