FreeTDS Development Group

[Michael Peppler <mpeppler AT peppler.org>]

On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:20, Lowden, James K wrote:
> > From: Michael Peppler [mailto:mpeppler AT peppler.org]
> > Sent: May 21, 2002 5:44 PM
> > > 
> > > Why would db-lib apps work?  I thought it was a TDS issue.  
> > Possibly having
> > > to do with dropping ascii support at the protocol level (in 
> > favor of UCS-2).
> > 
> > It may have something to do with the initial login packet. The
> > non-patched MS-SQL 7.0 server wouldn't accept a CTlib connection, but
> > handled DBlib connections OK.
> 
> I see.  A sort of peephole in the protocol so they can see who's on the
> other side.  
> 
> Has anyone complained to you about DBD::Sybase and MS-SQL 2000?  You'd be
> showing up at the server as a ct-lib client, even with FreeTDS.  

DBD::Sybase w/ FreeTDS works with MS-SQL 2k.

DBD::Sybase w/Sybase CTlib does not work (afaik).

I don't have any MS-SQl servers that I can connect to to test it out, so
I don't know for sure if something can be done to make the Sybase libs
work with MS-SQL 2k...

Michael
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Michael Peppler                              Data Migrations, Inc.
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