FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT schemamania.org>]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:23:41 -0600, Steve Langasek <vorlon AT netexpress.net>
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:22:32PM -0500, James K. Lowden wrote:
> > > Failing that, it's always possible to double the structure. <shrug>
> 
> > This is safest, but would need a different answer for binary
> > compatibility.  
> 
> Because DBDATEREC is a public structure, any size changes are also a
> binary-incompatible change.  If two separate month fields are to be
> included (a minimum requirement if we're providing both sets of
> semantics), an ABI change is unavoidable.

Oh, we're on different wavelengths here.  I had in mind a future configure
switch:

--with-abi= [sybase|microsoft|freetds] #default freetds

superseding --with-sybase-compat.  

We've already taken baby steps down that road.  I don't know where it
ends.  

--jkl