FreeTDS Development Group

["Wilson, John" <John.Wilson AT Savvis.net>]

George,
I will concur.  I'm currently running FreeTDS (daily build from 30 Oct)
using:

  ./configure --with-tdsver=7.0 --with-gnu-ld
--prefix=/home/jwilson/devel/usr/local

on Solaris (SunOS 5.7).  We're targeting SQL Server 2K.  Also note that
freebcp will not work unless 'tds version = 7.0' is set in
~/etc/freetds.conf.  The prefix was set so I don't interfere with the
standard /usr/local path until I know it all works.

Be sure to set $SYBASE to the prefix you set above. This replaces the SYBASE
path used by OCS and it's where 'make install' puts everything once you've
tested it.

hope this helps
jd 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lowden, James K
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:09 PM
To: TDS Development Group
Subject: [freetds] RE: new to TDS-- What do I need?


> From: George Wilson
> Sent: October 31, 2002 12:59 PM
> 
> Did I understand the documentation correctly? I should compile TDS
> version 4.2 to work with MS Sql Server?

George, 

Welcome to the project.  

I think as of version 0.60, FreeTDS's implementation of TDS 7.0 is at least
as good as for 4.2.  

The --with-tdsver option does not constrain the TDS versions that the binary
will be able to use. It simply sets the default value.  

Regards, 

--jkl

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-freetds-150321 AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
> On Behalf 
> Of ZIGLIO
> Frediano
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:47 AM
> To: TDS Development Group
> Subject: [freetds] RE: new to TDS-- What do I need?
> 
> 
> > 
> > I have an linux application that needs to connect via odbc.
> > My database is
> > on another machine and is ms Sql server 2k running on a 
> win2k box. can
> > someone explain to me what software i need to install to make 
> > this work.
> > 
> > thanks
> > 
> > George
> > 
> An odbc driver manager (iODBC or unixODBC, last seem preferred by many
> distro and already packaged) and a odbc driver (FreeTDS provide a odbc
> driver for sql server). 
> Some feature in odbc are not implemented but normal query work (well,
> not only this...).
> 
> freddy77
> 

>