FreeTDS Development Group

[bruce.x.bushby AT jpmchase.com]

Hello

I was wondering if there is a known problem when attempting to query 
tables with a dash "-" in their name?
Everything works perfectly except when I attempt to query a table who's 
name contains dashes.

System info:
[bbushby@s2013 src]$
[bbushby@s2013 src]$ uname -a
Linux s2013 2.4.21-15.0.4.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Jul 31 01:25:25 EDT 2004 i686 i686 
i386 GNU/Linux
[bbushby@s2013 src]$ rpm -qa | grep -i unixodbc
unixODBC-kde-2.2.8-2.3.0.2
unixODBC-2.2.8-2.3.0.2
unixODBC-devel-2.2.8-2
[bbushby@s2013 src]$ ls -ld freetds-0.64.dev.20051111
drwxr-xr-x    8 bbushby  bbushby      4096 Nov 12 18:44 
freetds-0.64.dev.20051111

Example:
[bbushby@s2013 src]$
[bbushby@s2013 src]$ isql -v TIDE t****** ******
+---------------------------------------+
| Connected!                            |
|                                       |
| sql-statement                         |
| help [tablename]                      |
| quit                                  |
|                                       |
+---------------------------------------+
SQL> sp_helpuser;
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+-----------------------------------------+
| UserName      | GroupName       | LoginName        | DefDBName     | 
UserID| SID                                     |
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+-----------------------------------------+
| dbo           | db_owner        | SLDN60VEBIBD01\LocalMgr        | 
master        | 1     | 010500000000000515000000a837d665235f636b|
| remote        | public          | remote        | Tideway       | 7 | 
a400af1cf3cad548a9cb480e5a992fae        |
| tideway       | db_owner        | tideway        | Tideway       | 6 | 
4fa64e3bc5859a489079d68ca6531755        |
| U790159       | db_owner        | U790159        | Tideway       | 5 | 
c4b5f325421bd14eaf8b6a58d25d1ed4        |
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+-----------------------------------------+
SQLRowCount returns -1
4 rows fetched
SQL> select * from Source-Ownership;
[37000][unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '-'.
[][unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Statement(s) could not be prepared.
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLPrepare
SQL>



Could this be a FreeTDS issue?

Any help much appreciated.
Regards
Bruce Bushby