FreeTDS Development Group

[dirk van der Giesen <dvdgiesen AT yahoo.com>]

Thanks a lot Darryl,

I go to work with it right away.

Dirk van der Giesen.


--- Darryl Friesen <Darryl.Friesen AT usask.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Is it correct that to use freeTDS you only have to
> make and
> > install/configure it and optionally use an Driver
> manager like the
> > iodbc Manager.
> > It is not nessecary to install anything on the
> server like one needs
> > to do with the OpenLink solution.
> 
> Correct, which is one of the reasons we went with
> FreeTDS instead of the
> OpenLink stuff (the other being that they actually
> want money).  I could
> never understand why I needed to install a server
> component (which wanted a
> reboot!  I don't think so!) to get ODBC to work from
> Unix. No one on their
> support board gave me an answer either.
> 
> > So with freeTDS i can connect from a Linux client
> (webserver) to
> > numerous databases (SQL Server7 on NT/2000)
> servers without "any"
> > problems ;-)?
> 
> I don't think anyone here will guarantee that!  :) 
> But it's free, doesn't
> require a server component, has _great_ support
> through this list and works
> really well.
> 
> - Darryl
> 
> 
>
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>   Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst   
> Darryl.Friesen AT usask.ca
>   Education & Research Technology Services,    
> http://gollum.usask.ca/
>   Information Technology Services Division,
>   University of Saskatchewan
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