FreeTDS Development Group

["Dave Brotherstone" <davegb AT pobox.com>]

> Hello Félix,
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 07:13:28PM +0200, Félix García Renedo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >     Are there any restriction on the number of columns on the
> tables? or Are
> > there any problem with some type of column?
>
> The FreeTDS library should not have a limit on the number of columns it
> will handle in a table, although you may run into server-side limits.
> If you find a table that FreeTDS has trouble handling because it has too
> many columns, that is a bug in FreeTDS; please report it.
>
> There are still problems using some types of columns under FreeTDS,
> though I don't remember specifically what columns those are.  I believe
> the FreeTDS FAQ covers most of this, though.


There are also problems with some implementations of FreeTDS, namely PHP.
It doesn't like uniqueidentifier / binary types, and I have a feeling it
moans at money (don't we all :) too.

What are you using FreeTDS with?

Dave.