FreeTDS Development Group

[Michael Peppler <mpeppler AT peppler.org>]

On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 08:44, Lowden, James K wrote:
> > From: Michael Peppler [mailto:mpeppler AT peppler.org]
> > Sent: October 29, 2002 11:19 AM
> > To: TDS Development Group
> > Subject: [freetds] Re: sybperl 2.15 again
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 07:56, Lowden, James K wrote:
> > > > From: Steven J. Backus [mailto:backus AT math.utah.edu]
> > > > Sent: October 29, 2002 10:38 AM
> > > > 
> > > > Today's sybperl error is:
> > > > 
> > > > blk_alloc not implemented on this architecture at
> > > > ../blib/lib/Sybase/BLK.pm line 480.
> > > 
> > >         For building with FreeTDS you can now add -DNOBLK to the
> > >         EXTRA_DEFS line in CONFIG.                 ^^^^^^
> > > 
> > > Have you done that?  It sounds like you shouldn't need bulk 
> > copy support.  
> > 
> > Actually the error he got indicates that he did use the -DNOBLK flag.
> > 
> > THe problem is that the sybperl build doesn't block the Sybase::BLK
> > module from being built (and tested) and as this module only uses the
> > blk_*() routines... :-)
> 
> Ah, I see.  Hmm.  Is that the way you want it to be, Michael?  
> 
> I think it would be nice if we could coordinate this better.  I'd like
> FreeTDS users to know when Sybperl is "as good as it gets" and what the
> current limitations are.  I don't mind documenting them in our user guide.  
> 
> Maybe we could send you a patch that uses a CONFIG variable to extinguish
> some errors and provide a comprehensive boiled-down list of warnings (per
> your 11:33 mail).  Or do you have higher ambitions? 

A patch would be a good start.

I think we all have the same ambition - ultimately FreeTDS should offer
support for most of the features that exist in Open Client. 

But it would be good if there was some way of cleanly disabling the
calls in Sybperl and/or DBD::Sybase for which FreeTDS has no support so
that make test could be clean(er), and so that users get a better error
message if they try to use a script that uses some of the more esoteric
features of sybperl or DBD::Sybase with a FreeTDS build.

Michael
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