FreeTDS Development Group

["Carl Edwards" <edwards AT vitesse.com>]

I am doing perl (Solaris) to MSSQL on Win2k with
just FreeTDS and DBD::Sybase.

Install FreeTDS first, set the SYBASE environment
variable then install DBD::Sybase, edit the
freetds.conf and away you go.


/Carl


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cal kaiwen [mailto:cal_kaiwen AT hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:04 PM
> To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [freetds] freetdsODBC odbc.ini
> 
> 
> Hi :)
> 
> Thank you for the reply.
> 
> >Coming back to real problem... odbc.ini configuration. Can 
> you post your
> >odbc.ini dsn section?
> 
> I tried to create the whole scenario again but got lost. BUT, 
> I have this 
> question at this moment.
> 
> (1) What files do I need for perl (on Linux) to talk with MS 
> SQL Server (on 
> Win32 machine)?
> (2) I am looking at a lot, and not sure which is needed and 
> which is not. 
> DBD::ODBC, DBD::Sybase, FreeTDS ODBC and iODBC?
> 
> Thank you,
> Calvin
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 AT tin.it>
> >Reply-To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Subject: Re: [freetds] freetdsODBC odbc.ini
> >Date: 06 Mar 2003 07:31:42 +0100
> >
> >
> > > Yes, when you install
> > > 
> http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/freetds-0.61.tgz,
> > > following the instructions in the User Guide for building 
> with iODBC or
> > > unixODBC, you'll have the FreeTDS ODBC driver.
> > >
> > > It's been agreed that the ODBC section of the UG needs to be 
> >reorganized.
> > >
> >
> >Agree
> >
> > >
> > > > "A third option is to use DBD::ODBC with the FreeTDS 
> ODBC driver. 
> >Brian
> > > > has gotten this to work fairly well but it is still 
> new, so YMMV. "
> > >
> > > That advice still holds; I think even Frediano would 
> agree that the 
> >db-lib
> > > and ct-lib APIs remain more complete than ODBC.  However, 
> great strides
> > > have been made, and ODBC shouldn't be considered 
> "experimental" anymore
> > > (no more so than the rest of FreeTDS, that is).
> > >
> >
> >Agree. ODBC design require much more implementation than 
> other library.
> >If program do not require too much it work good. Star Office, for
> >instance, do not work.
> >
> >Coming back to real problem... odbc.ini configuration. Can 
> you post your
> >odbc.ini dsn section?
> >
> >freddy77
> >
> >
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