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  • From: Brian Bruns <camber AT ais.org>
  • To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: UG clarification
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:51:16 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Lowden, James K wrote:

> > From: Brian Bruns [mailto:camber AT ais.org]
> > Sent: June 12, 2002 3:48 PM
> > >
> > > I sent you a perl script converter back in my
> > > precommitterbit days; I can add it to CVS.
> >
> > Being the masochist that I am, I wrote a shell script while
> > waiting for an
> > answer...it's ugly but works. Perl is probably the better route.
>
> What people can do with /bin/sh is a wonder.
>
> I don't think mine's ugly. Suppose I commit it, and you can decide what
> gets tagged for release? Whatever you want to support is OK by me.

I think I'll defer to your version ;-)

> > I've got the UG update for SybSQL completed, are you going to
> > sync with
> > CVS at some point or should I send the snippit along to you
> > for merging (it's in docbook format already)?
>
> It would be best for me if you just send it to jklowden AT schemamania.org.
> I'll plop it in while the editor's still open, as it will be for a while.
> I'd rather not sync up something half-baked.
>
> > Newer version of openclient support server lookups through LDAP, which
> > I've thought is a really intriguing idea.
>
> I wish I thought LDAP was going to turn into something other than a
> dunderheaded monstrosity. It's such a good idea, and seems to have utterly
> failed in execution. OTOH, it's a hierarchical information store, and that
> makes me wonder what Sybase wants from LDAP that it couldn't get from DNS.
> (I probably should read the RFC again, eh?)

LDAP is not bad actually, when used within a certain context, like user
information. Where I work it's hard to remember not being able to pull
user info from a central store. Using it as a corporate-wide
authentication source is very compelling.

I think what your looking for with the DNS thing is actually SLP.
Unfortunately, it has been slow on the uptake.

I almost envision a plugin architecture for server info. You could do
freetds.conf/interfaces/LDAP/SLP/gconf/whatever...

> --jkl
>





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