FreeTDS Development Group

[Brett <generica AT email.com>]

Hi,

As part of porting our software from linux to win32, we have to switch 
from Postgresql to MS SQL.  I've been investigating using freedts to talk 
to sql server, but hit upon problems because named instances weren't 
implemented.  Then noticed that they were available in cvs, and here I am.

I'm just wondering how to get this to work, since it doesn't seem to be 
fully implemented.  I was expecting there to be a tds_set_instance() call, 
but that doesn't exist yet.  And setting the instance name in freetds.conf 
doesn't seem to work, from tsql, probably for that reason.  Does this mean 
(for now) you have to manually set it in the *TDSCONNECTION ?

Would I be better off writing the code to implement tds_set_instance() and 
submitting it, or am I on the wrong track.

thanks,

        / Brett Pemberton