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["Harrison, Bruce (CXO)" <Bruce.Harrison AT hp.com>]

Hello James,

    I'm still getting warnings during the build of tds.  This is a
different issue.  These are errors that are being displayed by the
compiler when I'm compiling my code (that uses the tds_* functions).
They are due to my code having 7 parameters to a function (based on the
tds.h file from Nov 22) and the current definition of the function (in
the tds.h file) now only has 6.  Here is an example:

Error 181: "feeder.c", line 421 # Expected 6 argument(s) for "int
tds_convert(tds_context *,int,const char *,unsigned
    int,int,conv_result *)"; had 7 instead.

Please don't mis-understand me on this.  I'm very happy to be using
freetds and am very pleased with the responses to my questions posted to
this list!  Although I've been coding for many years, I'm still a bit
new to this "open source" paradigm and was a little surprised when the
function definitions changed when the version didn't.  I have no problem
changing my code to match the definitions in the current tds.h and
tdsconvert.h files.

Have a Great Day!

Bruce Harrison
Consultant
Hewlett-Packard Company
Colorado Springs, CO
(719) 592-4513


-----Original Message-----
From: Lowden, James K [mailto:LowdenJK AT bernstein.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 2:18 PM
To: 'freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org'
Subject: RE: [freetds] Some tds_* functions have changed in the last
several weeks???

> From: Harrison, Bruce (CXO) [mailto:Bruce.Harrison AT hp.com]
> Sent: December 11, 2002 3:56 PM
> 
>     It appears that some time between November 22, 2002 and 
> today, some
> of the tds_* function definitions have changed.  

Bruce, 

I think what you're seeing is Frediano's response to your (friendly)
complaint about warnings from the aCC compiler.  Either that, or he's
cleaning up similar warnings from Microsoft's compiler.  

> It this documented somewhere?  

Surely.  The distribution includes a file "ChangeLog", containing a
meticulous recapitulation of changed files.  In addition, the sources
are in
CVS, which is accessible both anonymously and via the web.  

> Below are a couple of examples that the compiler 
> complained about in my code.  

What means "complained"?  There were warnings before; there should be
fewer
now.  If we broke something (errors) on your compiler, please post the
error
messages (or a patch) so we can repair them.  You seem to have one of
the
fussier models out there, which can help us clean things up.  For
instance,
I don't know how to make gcc complain if an "unsigned char *" is passed
to
strcpy(3).  Not that I think it should, mind.  

> Maybe I somehow got an old kit on 11/22/02???

I don't think so.  Work is ongoing.  We don't attempt to document
(beyond
what I mentioned above) the changes to the tds library.  It's there to
help
us, and when it's being unhelpful, we change it without ceremony.  

--jkl


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-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison, Bruce (CXO) 
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 1:56 PM
To: 'freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org'
Subject: Some tds_* functions have changed in the last several weeks???


Hello All!

    It appears that some time between November 22, 2002 and today, some
of the tds_* function definitions have changed.  It this documented
somewhere?  Below are a couple of examples that the compiler complained
about in my code.  Maybe I somehow got an old kit on 11/22/02???

On November 22 (the date I pulled down the kit for the first time)

   From tds.h
        TDSSOCKET *tds_connect(TDSLOGIN *login, TDSCONTEXT *context,
void *parent);

   From tdsconvert.h
        TDS_INT tds_convert(TDSCONTEXT *context, int srctype, TDS_CHAR
*src,
                TDS_UINT srclen, int desttype, TDS_UINT destlen,
CONV_RESULT *cr);

Today:

int tds_connect(TDSSOCKET *tds, TDSCONNECTINFO *connect_info);

TDS_INT tds_convert(TDSCONTEXT *context, int srctype, const TDS_CHAR
*src,
                TDS_UINT srclen, int desttype, CONV_RESULT *cr);

Comments?

Bruce Harrison
Consultant
Hewlett-Packard Company
Colorado Springs, CO
(719) 592-4513