FreeTDS Development Group

[ZIGLIO Frediano <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it>]

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> 
> I am getting my freetds application compiled/tested/ported 
> across several
> platforms. They are all working except for irix, where it 
> fails looking
> for the host IP address 255.255.255.255. My Systems guys tell 
> me there is
> nothing different about the set up so it must be the way freetds is
> handling it. I cannot see anything in the archive messages. 
> Has anybody
> seen this before? Can anybody suggest anything?
> 
> I am using a snapshot dated 20th August. Accessing MS SQL Server 2000.
> irix platform uname -a output is "IRIX64 picasso 6.5 07091544 IP27".
> 

Wonderful!

> 
> Here is the TDSDUMPCONFIG output for the irix platform:
> 
> 2002-09-11 10:21:29 Got a match.
> 2002-09-11 10:21:29 option = 'host' value = 'davinci'.
> 2002-09-11 10:21:29 Found host entry davinci.
> 2002-09-11 10:21:29 IP addr is 255.255.255.255.
> 

What configure option do you use ?
Perhaps --enable-threadsafe ?

> Here is an example of it working on another platform (linux7):
> 
> 2002-09-11 09:42:14 Got a match.
> 2002-09-11 09:42:14 option = 'host' value = 'davinci'.
> 2002-09-11 09:42:14 Found host entry davinci.
> 2002-09-11 09:42:14 IP addr is 172.18.6.12.
> 
> Here is some ping output from the irix platform just to show 
> it can see
> the server:
> 
> PING davinci.lionbio.co.uk (172.18.6.12): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 172.18.6.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.461 ms
> 
> 
> Telnet test from the irix platform:
> 
> seers@picasso> telnet davinci 1433
> Trying 172.18.6.12...
> Connected to davinci.lionbio.co.uk.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards.
> 
> John Seers
> 

freddy77

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