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Re: db-lib & ct-lib

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon AT netexpress.net>
To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: karin <bikosh AT mail.uajy.ac.id>
Subject: Re: db-lib & ct-lib
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:42:38 -0600

Hi Karina,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:50:49AM -0500, karin wrote:
> hi all,
> i'm still confused, what's the different between freetds db-lib and ct-lib
> ?

DB-Lib and CT-Lib are two different programming interfaces for accessing
the same wire protocol(s), the TDS protocol used for communicating with
Sybase and MS SQL servers. If you are compiling existing software that
knows how to connect to SQL servers, the choice of API has been made for
you and should be mentioned in the software's documentation. If you are
going to be writing your own SQL-enabled application in C, then my
understanding is that the consensus on this mailing list is that CT-Lib
is a better API.

Regards,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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db-lib & ct-lib, karin, 11/28/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Steve Langasek, 11/28/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Lowden, James K, 11/28/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Michael Peppler, 11/28/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Brian Bruns, 11/28/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Norman Palardy, 11/29/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, karin, 11/29/2001
- Re: db-lib & ct-lib, Brian Bruns, 11/29/2001