FreeTDS Development Group

["Thompson, Bill D (London)" <ThompBil AT exchange.uk.ml.com>]

Brian,

OK, sounds like things are coming together, so I thought I'd try and
integrate what I've done with the latest snap.
I'm getting a compile failure...

gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -g -O2 -DTDS50
-c convert.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/convert.lo
convert.c:2048: tds_willconvert.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [convert.lo] Error 1

I know there's been a lot of discussion around willconvert()... have I
missed sump'n ?

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Bruns [SMTP:camber AT ais.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:15 PM
> To:   TDS Development Group
> Subject:      [freetds] RE: big changes, conversion fixes, and
> tds_willconvert
> 
> 
> > I'm afraid I'm not very clear about what's a "dblib type" and a "server
> > type".  I grepped for defines and typedefs for "CHAR" and found:
> 
> Ok, I was a little fuzzy in my first post, sorry about that. 
> dbwillconvert() actually takes the server type of the datatype.  Each API
> has it's own type enums like SYBINT4 is INTBIND in dblib, CS_INT_TYPE in
> ctlib, and SQL_INTEGER in ODBC.  The problem comes in that dbbind() calls
> dbwillconvert() with the dblib bind type, and actually I don't even think
> it's your problem now that I look at it.  Anyway, we need to call it with
> the server type.  All that needs to be done is calling
> _db_get_server_type() on the variable before passing it...ignore
> everything else I said, it was a misread of the docs and a late night ;-)
> The fix turns out to be minor, and I'll check it in tonight.
> 
> > Speaking of conversions, I'd say the "freeze" has turned into more of a
> > rolling boil at the moment.  I agree, handling the conversions properly
> with
> > proper error handling is very useful and worthwhile.  I think it will be
> > easier to fix now, in a more-or-less controlled environment among the
> > "regulars" here, than it would be later, after the release.  
> 
> freddy's dbsafestr patch is out of the mainline code, the other one is a
> true bug, so I'm not too worried about those.
> 
> Then there's Bills reworking of the conversion code and our changes to
> support that....well, that's another story. ;-)
> 
> > I'm going to be unavailable after Wednesday until August 1, in case that
> > matters.  
> 
> Vacation? If so, enjoy!
>  
> > Regards, 
> > 
> > --jkl
> 
> Brian
> 
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