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[Haany Boyke <bhaany AT yahoo.com>]

if it is because of my odbc driver that old, anyone
now how to get a new odbc driver to linux and how to
install it so it can be used by the tds?
I am not allowed to change the mssql field ntext into
text...

thanks

boyke
--- Haany Boyke <bhaany AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> i tried to export the log environment variable, but
> the log file was never created when i try to
> connect...
> And you're right about the ntext. When i try to get
> non-ntext variable it works....
> i dont know which api i use to configure the php, i
> guess its the default one...
> ...confused...
> 
> thanks..
> 
> boyke
> --- "Thompson, Bill D (London)"
> <ThompBil AT exchange.uk.ml.com> wrote:
> > Boyke,
> > 
> > First up, welcome to FreeTDS. It's good to have
> you
> > aboard!
> > 
> > I've not seen this error message before. However I
> > can confirm it is  a
> > valid SQL Server message, message number 4004,
> > actually. There's a
> > discussion on dbforums from someone with a similar
> > problem, although they
> > weren't using FreeTDS...
> > 
> > http://dbforums.com/archive/70/2001/12/4/239540
> > 
> > It looks to me like you're accessing a column type
> > of "ntext" or one of the
> > other unicode datatypes on the SQL server. It
> would
> > not entirely surprise me
> > if we had a problem or two with that.
> > 
> > Which api have you configured PHP to use ? dblib
> > ctlib or odbc ?
> > Can you get a tds dump log file from your session
> ?
> > Here's how.
> > 
> > http://www.freetds.org/userguide/x2052.htm 
> > 
> > Good Luck!
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:     Haany Boyke [SMTP:bhaany AT yahoo.com]
> > > Sent:     Friday, September 27, 2002 12:45 AM
> > > To:       TDS Development Group
> > > Subject:  [freetds] beginner: unicode error,
> coulnt
> > exec query
> > > 
> > > hi,
> > >  i am trying to use freetds so i can acces my
> > ms-sql
> > > server database from my php in linux. I already
> > > installed everything, and it seems the
> connection
> > is
> > > working. But when i try to run a query on it, it
> > > displays the warning sign:
> > > Warning: Sybase error: Unicode data in a
> > Unicode-only
> > > collation or ntext data cannot be sent to
> clients
> > > using DB-Library (such as ISQL) or ODBC version
> > 3.7 or
> > > earlier. (severity 16) in
> > > /home/haany/public_html/admin/dbmssql.php on
> line
> > 13
> > > 
> > > Warning: 0 is not a Sybase result index in
> > > /home/haany/public_html/admin/dbmssql.php on
> line
> > 14
> > > 
> > > the tds version is 0.60
> > > my apache version is apache_1.3.26.tar.gz
> > > and my php version is php-4.2.3.tar.gz...
> > > the mssql that i tried to connect to is ms-sql
> 7.0
> > > please help...:)
> > > 
> > > thanks..
> > > 
> > > boyke
> > > 
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