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  • From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT schemamania.org>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] Sybase Incompatibilities?
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:28:58 -0400

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:40:13 -0400, "Ben Vaughn"
<bvaughn AT BlackbirdTech.com> wrote:
> Yeah, this version of ASA requires the database name and servername to
> match, or it will NOT allow a connection. With tinkering I found that
> the database name sent to the server is the name you specify in the
> interfaces/freetds.conf files,

That's right, I remember now. It's also a footnote in the freetds.conf
section of the UG. That much is documented.
http://www.freetds.org/userguide/x631.htm#FTN.AEN643

> while the server name is part of the "app
> name" specification of the sybase_connect() function of PHP. I don't
> think such an option exists for SQSH/TSQL, but perhaps it would be
> beneficial to include it?

Maybe. I just spent a little while looking for where we pick up the
servername and send it to the server (as app_name or the database name).
I didn't find it. I would be nice to rid FreeTDS of this particular quirk
if we can.

--jkl




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