FreeTDS Development Group

["Frank M. Kromann" <frank AT kromann.info>]

When the extension is used with ntwdblib.dll (on Win32 that is) it will
show 7.0 as a hardcoded value. This was done way back when I started using
SQL Server 7.0 and was never changed.

I'll take a look at making the TDS version available in phpinfo(), and if
possible I can create a function that will return the version used by a
specific connection?

- Frank

> Frank M. Kromann wrote:
> > Just checked PHP5.2 sources and there is no references to the TDS
> > version used.
> > 
> > All it displays is:
> > 
> > MSSQL Support => enabled
> > Active Persistent Links => 0
> > Active Links => 0
> > Library version => FreeTDS
> > 
> > I think it would be possible to show the default version, but as the
> > version can be specified in freetds.conf (per connection) it does not
> > make much sense to display it.
> 
> Thanks for looking into it Frank.  Now it's a mystery what the OP meant
by
> "phpinfo() still reports 7.0".  
> 
> FWIW, I think it would still be worthwhile for a PHP script to be able
to
> interrogate the connection to discover the TDS version currently in
force.
>  Yes, one can set it in freetds.conf, but for a variety of reasons
(wrong
> directory, wrong dataserver section, etc.) it might not get used.  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> --jkl
> 
> > > Thomas, Christopher (LLU) wrote:
> > > > You are right that I was connecting using 4.2. I
> > > > couldn't find the version from the TDSDUMP. But I checked the
output
> > > > from phpinfo() and it said 7.0, but I guess the freetds.conf file
> > > > overrides whatever PHP has selected. After I changed the version
> > inside
> > > > freetds.conf to 8.0, everything worked perfectly. Funny thing is
> > > > phpinfo() still reports 7.0. 
> > > 
> > > I don't know what PHP is doing.  Using a current snapshot and
assuming
> > > you're using the mssql extension, you can see in the TDSDUMP log
the
> > order
> > > of db-lib calls.  And PHP could learn the TDS version only from the
> > db-lib
> > > function dbtds().  Anything else is just guesswork.  (If you're
using
> > > ODBC, then I don't know.) 
> > > 
> > > We used to include the TDS version at the top of the log when
> > connecting. 
> > > I noticed it got dropped some time ago.  That was probably
> > > inadvertent, because I don't remember any discussion and can't see
any
> > > advantage. 
> > I'll
> > > look into putting it back.  
> > > 
> > > Glad you posted.  If you were confused, someone else surely will
be,
> > too. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --jkl
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