FreeTDS Development Group

["Frank M. Kromann" <frank AT kromann.info>]

Hi James,

> Regarding detection of settings, that's been a complaint of mine since
ever,
> so I'm going to fix that for you.  I'll add a little structure to
libtds
> that will hold all the configure-time settings, a function to query
them,
> and a little utility (or tsql feature) to write them to stdout.  Did I
miss
> anything?  

This sounds great. Anything I can do to help this along ?

> 
> Regarding --enable-msdblib, I think we're going to find more and more
> divergence (true by definition, unless and until Microsoft buys Sybase
or
> something -- they're not trying to be compatible).  But, perhaps we
could
> react at runtime.  That would reduce --enable-msdblib to the same role
that
> --with-tdsver plays: setting a default behavior in lieu of a runtime
> setting.  And we could provide a function to set the behavior at
runtime,
> offering projects like PHP the ability to switch at will.  

This is exactly what I was looking for :-)

> 
> Steve, what kind of anonymous union would fix the name conflicts in
> dbdaterec at runtime?  That's not a C feature I use very much.  
> 
> Brian, We need compatibility with Microsoft on lots of levels.  The
db-lib
> API is subtly different (including error handling).  Server detection
is
> different, especially if we support named instances and discovery. 
It's
> quite apparent that there's interest in Microsoft binary compatibility
on
> Win32, too, which is a bit mystifying; the only rationale I can see is
TDS
> 5.0 support in the same DLL.  Still, the interest is there.  
> 
> Regarding 0.61 timing, do we really want to address this now?  I think
0.61
> is basically ready; I'm waiting mostly for access to the website to
update
> the news and links.  I appreciate the soname issue (I think), but IMO
0.61
> is signed, sealed, and as ready for delivery as a baby at 9 1/2 months.
> However, I'm ready to follow the consensus if someone whips up the
changes
> we need.

I have no problem waiting. I have modified the docs for PHP specifying
that we need to compile FreeTDS using --enable-msdbliob when using the
MSSQL extension.

- Frank