FreeTDS Development Group

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

> From: ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT
> Sent: June 17, 2004 10:33 AM
> 
> >From my point of view if server crash it's a server bug :)

Perhaps, if the TDS protocol were open and Sybase invited all comers.  But 
Sybase doesn't support other libraries.  If Sybase's own drivers don't 
triggger the crash, then it's a failure of FreeTDS to be compatible.  You can 
define it as a server bug, and I might agree.  It still has to be avoided if 
it can't be fixed.  

> If we are able to reproduce the problem we can try to fix it.
> The problem it's that 4.2 is supported by both vendors. 

Yes but only needed by Bronze Age servers.  

> IMHO it would be
> better to emulate Microsoft drivers and try to detect better protocol
> version at startup caching results for forward references.

Quite so, and orthogonal.  :-)  

If no one's using 4.2, and we're not determined to fix it so it's safe, then 
it's just a trap for new installations.  

--jkl

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