FreeTDS Development Group

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

> From: Andy Edwards [mailto:aedwards AT ega.com]
> Sent: December 12, 2003 12:07 PM
> 
> first.. after reading the FAQ and the archives, i am confused 
> about support for placeholders using freetds with MS SQL 2000.  

You're not alone.  

> i am assuming that this is
> the same as dynamic SQL, which appears to be supported in the latest
> freetds.  in fact, it appears to be part of the TDS unit 
> tests in the source tree (and it works!).

I think it's accurate to say (perhaps Bill will correct me) that
placeholders are one use of dynamic SQL.  

> second... if it does work, does anyone know how to get 
> DBD::Sybase to use it?  

If we can use placeholders in DBD::Sybase, that would be have become the
case only in the last month or so, after applying Bill Thompson's ct-lib
patch.  I don't recall anyone reporting success with it yet.  

I'm glad you raised the topic.  Better ct-lib support is one of the features
of the upcoming 0.62 release, and Perl placeholder support is something many
people seem to want.  

--jkl
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