FreeTDS Development Group

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

> From: Jeff Fisher [mailto:JFisher AT Emery-Waterhouse.com]
> Sent: April 8, 2004 8:40 AM
> 
> [Generic Connectivity Using ODBC]Record SKU_MASTER has no 
> fields. Loading failed.
> 
> We've looked at the log output, but haven't seen anything 
> obvious.  What should we be looking for in the logs?  

Good question.  Several things could be wrong, and the message isn't 
especially helpful.  

HSODBC might be trying to assess the table through methods we don't 
implement.  I would look for complaints that such-and-such an option is not 
supported.  In general, FreeTDS will log such a message, but not always.  

Look for error messages arriving from the server.  Under certain conditions, 
they're not propogated back to the application.  

I suppose SKU_MASTER is a table?  There are two ways to determine the columns 
of a table:

1.  Get the metadata by selecting from the table ("where 0=1" or somesuch).  
You should see the select statement and a pretty verbose description of the 
returned columns.  

2.  Select the metadata (as data) from either the system tables or the 
information schema views.  

I don't know which of these things our ODBC driver does, or if HSODBC is 
doing the work itself.  I do know the information has to come from the server 
in one of those two forms.  

You are in new territory, in case you don't know that already.  FreeTDS is 
normally used in bespoke programs, where the programmer can adjust to its 
capabilities.  HSODBC, OTOH, no doubt expects to use a fully compliant 
driver.  I don't know that FreeTDS meets that standard sufficiently well 
enough for that purpose.  AFAIK, the only experience anyone's had with 
plugging FreeTDS ODBC into a pre-existing system is with oo.org, and that 
experience hasn't been positive.  Regardless, we're happy to help you try.  

--jkl

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