FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

> From: Thompson, Bill D (London) [mailto:bill_d_thompson AT ml.com]
> Sent: November 20, 2003 8:56 AM
> 
> increasing the packet size is not only possible, but 
> positively recommended
> for SQL server 2000.
> If memory serves me correctly, on the server side the default 
> packet size in
> SQL server is 4096, so that's a good choice.
> You can do this with the freetds.conf file

Is there any reason not to use 4096 as our default packet size?  If the
reason is "4.2", why not set our default per TDS version?  

I think we should DTRT and pull this setting out of freetds.conf, where it's
just a banana peel lying in wait for someone to slip on.  

--jkl
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