FreeTDS Development Group

["ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>]

> 
> I've found a problem with freetds (tsql to be specific) and a 
> workaround
> that I can live with... but as always any input would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> When building freetds-0.62.1 on SunOS 5.6 with;
> 
>         /configure --prefix=$HOME --enable-msdblib
>         --enable-sybase-compat
>         
> make and make install completes without any complaints but 
> tsql coredump
> with;
>         ./bin/tsql -S <$SERVER> -U <$USER>
>         locale is "en_US"
>         locale charset is "ISO8859-1"
>         Password:
>         Assertion failed: 0, file iconv.c, line 338
>         Abort(coredump)
> 
> 
> 
> I've tried both LANG=C and LANG=en_us with the same result.
> 

Known problem. You have two options:
- install additional iconv packages
- disable libiconv use (as you did below)

> Following a "make clean" and;
> 
>         ./configure --prefix=$HOME --enable-msdblib
>         --enable-sybase-compat --disable-libiconv
> 
> make fails with;
> 
>         sh: test: argument expected
>         *** Error code 1
>         make: Fatal error: Command failed for target
>         `doc/freetds-0.62.1/reference/index.html'
>         Current working directory <$HOME>/freetds-0.62.1/doc
>         *** Error code 1
> 
> make install then fails with;
> 
>         *** Error code 2
>         make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dblib.api.sgml'
>         Current working directory <$HOME>/freetds-0.62.1/doc
>         *** Error code 1
>         make: Fatal error: Command failed for target
>         `doc/freetds-0.62.1/userguide/index.htm'
>         Current working directory <$HOME>/freetds-0.62.1/doc
>         *** Error code 1
>         make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 
> `install-recursive'
> 

I think make clean clean too much... unpack again dist should solve
these compile problems...

> However I can connect to a MS SQL 2000 server with tsql... 
> but not to a
> Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5. I've tried with tds 
> versions 5.0
> and 6.0 but NOT 4.2 according to the README file.
> 

6.0 ??? Correct version it's 5.0.

>         ./bin/tsql -S <$MSSERVER> -U <$USER> -I $HOME/etc/freetds.conf
>         locale is "en_US"
>         locale charset is "ISO8859-1"
>         Password:
>         Msg 5703, Level 0, State 1, Server <$MSSERVER>, Line 0
>         Changed language setting to us_english.
>         1> select @@version
>         2> go
>         
>         Microsoft SQL Server  2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86)
>                 Dec 17 2002 14:22:05
>                 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
>                 Enterprise Edition on Windows NT 4.0 (Build 1381:
>         Service Pack 6)
>         
>         1> exit
> 
>       ./bin/tsql -S <$SYBSERVER> -U <$USER> -I $HOME/etc/freetds.conf
>         locale is "en_US"
>         locale charset is "ISO8859-1"
>         Password: <PASSWORD>
>         Msg 4002, Level 14, State 1, Server <$SYBSERVER>, Line 0
>         Login failed.
>         
>         Msg 20014, Level 9, State 0, Server OpenClient, Line 0
>         Login incorrect.
>         There was a problem connecting to the server
> 

Some ASE server wants freetds server name equal to real server name,
perhaps this is the problem...

freddy77