FreeTDS Development Group

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

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've recently upgraded my FreeTDS to version 0.60 and now 
> find that when I
> run a SELECT query from PHP, the reply now comes back padded 
> with spaces
> to the length of the field on the database. This did not happen
> previously.
> 

Hi

What database type do you use (CHAR/VARCHAR) ?
What library do you use? ctlib/dblib/odbc ?

Some version of db return CHAR tabbed and library return this characters...

> This has broken some code and I am wondering if there is 
> someway to stop
> this particular behaviour. Just out of curiosity, is this a 
> feature or a
> bug?
> 

If CHAR this should be the correct behaviour...
However this is still a TODO.

> 
> I am running a PHP 4.2.2 + FreeTDS 0.60 setup on a FreeBSD 
> 4.2/Intel box,
> talking to an MS-SQL 7 server running NT 4.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Hernandez.
> 

freddy77

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