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  • From: "Steve Murphree" <smurph AT smcomp.com>
  • To: "FreeTDS Development Group" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] Status
  • Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:25:30 -0600


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>
To: "'FreeTDS Development Group'" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: [freetds] Status


> I'm going to re-write and reorganize the ODBC documentation, since I've
been
> complaining about it for, oh, a year or more, and no one's stepped
forward.
> We discussed a better organization; I'll look over those notes. One goal
is
> to make clear the relationship of odbc.ini and freetds.conf. Another is
to
> separate DM issues. We need separate sections for setups that use
odbc.ini
> + freetds.conf, odbc.ini only, and freetds.conf only. And I think the
> nomenclature should reflect the "only-ness" rather than the "-less" names
we
> use now. If we say, "You can set up your ODBC connection using only
> odbc.ini", we shouldn't call that a "conf-less" setup.

If using ODBC, I'm of the opinion that nothing involving freetds.conf need
be mentioned. ODBC setup should only involve odbc.ini and friends. Period.
Just my 2 cents. Benifit: Less documentation and confusion.

Steve





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