FreeTDS Development Group

["ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>]

> 
> James K. Lowden <jklowden <at> freetds.org> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Hi Steve, 
> > 
> > Brian Bruns wrote:
> > > tsql with the -H and -p switches is useful for seeing if 
> a server is
> > > up and answers without a freetds.conf configuration.  
> > 
> > This technique gets employed frequently, if list traffic is at all
> > representative.  ISTM FreeTDS gets used most often with 
> ODBC and/or PHP,
> > environments that don't call for sqsh.  sqsh is definitely 
> overkill for
> > straightening out configuration problems.  
> > 
> > tsql's unmediation is good, too: it helps people figure out 
> if the problem
> > they're encountering is in FreeTDS or a higher layer.  
> > 
> > I'd think you should consider including freebcp, bsqldb, 
> and defncopy,
> > too.  These are user tools.  Have a quick look at the man 
> pages if you
> > haven't been keeping up.    
> > 
> > > We have to walk a fine line between providing a decent tool for
> > > debugging configuration problems and accidentally 
> encouraging people
> > > to use it in a production setting.
> > 
> > We should have such problems.  If it gets *too* popular, we 
> can always
> > stop linking in readline.  Or maybe make people type  "I 
> accept the risk"
> > instead of "go".  (cf.
> > http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/imaprc.txt.html)
> > 
> > Maybe there should be a cautionary note in the tsql man 
> page, warning
> > people that (for example) tsql won't always exit with an 
> error code when
> > it encounters a database problem.  
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> > --jkl
> > 
> 
> 
> tsql is very helpful for those trying to setup freetds. 
> I am in a deadend since sqsh doesn't seem to word and I 
> dont whether it is due to sqsh or to freetds 
> installation/configuration. 
> Furthermore I cannot compile freetds from source, error:
> ...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... 
> configure: error: C compiler
> cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> Linux 2.6.15-27-686@Ubuntu dapper
> 
> 
> please consider having tsql in freetds package or even on 
> another package
> (freetds-testing).
> 

I would suggest a 

apt-get build-essential

probably you don't have binutils installed

freddy77