FreeTDS Development Group

[Steven Orton <sorton9999 AT usa.net>]

  thanks for allaying my fears about using SQL2000.  yes, i don't want to
start any vicious rumors as i think this is a great project and has come a
long way in just the short time i was aware of it.  i will let you all know
how things go with my/our upgrade :)

  steve---


"James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT schemamania.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004, Steven Orton <sorton9999 AT usa.net> wrote:
> > "Daughterson, Adam [EPM/BOU/MMI]" wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks again to everyone that has helped.  What wound up eventually
> > > working was pointing isql at an older database hosted on an older box.
> > >  The
> > > production database is run from a Windows2003 server, we think that
> > > the security may have changed, because I have no issues (now :-))
> > > connecting to the older database running on a Windows2000 server. 
> > > Both DB's are run from MSSQL servers, the newer is MSSQL2000, I think
> > > the older is running on MSSQL7.
> >
> >   that opens up a potential problem for my project then.  we plan on
> >   upgrading
> > to SQLServer2000 in the near future.  i may ping on you guys for some
> > gotchas, things i should know, etc.  so you don't really think this is
> > resolved, do you?
> 
> Let's not start any rumors.  :-)  
> 
> There are some minor differences between versions 7 and 8 of the TDS
> protocol, and any 8.0 server will talk to a 7.0 client.  There are some
> subtleties with named pipes and such when setting up domain logins.  But
> by and large FreeTDS doesn't have any problem talking to SQL Server 2000,
> or, for that matter, 2003.  No more so than it has with SQL Server 7.0,
> that is.  ;-)
> 
> I'm not sure we quite explained what was going on with Adam's setup, but
> it's clear there were several variables, and let's not forget that he had
> tsql working all along.  
> 
> --jkl
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Steven Orton
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 Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it
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