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["Glenn, Chris" <Glenn AT addsys.com>]

Unfortunately I still get the same error messages with this patch?

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lowden, James K
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:02 AM
To: FreeTDS Development Group
Subject: Re: [freetds] Issue connecting to SQL Server from
LinuxHostwithnewerversions of FreeTDS...

> From: Christos Zoulas
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:02 AM
> 
> On Nov 28,  8:10am, Glenn AT addsys.com ("Glenn, Chris") wrote:  --
> Subject: Re: [freetds] Issue connecting to SQL Server from Linux
> Host with
> 
> | The code itself looks OK, and comparing it to revision 1.14 (Tue
> | Feb 22 16:04:36 2005), most of the changes are to the logging
> | code and adding support for DOS32.  That makes me wonder if it's
> | a matter of configure perhaps misdetecting your system somehow.
> | I think it was around that time that we upgraded the toolset that
> | generates the configure script.
> 
> The code is broken (if I am looking at the right version). All the
> fields of sockaddr_in are required to be initialized to 0. Try
> adding a:
> 
>       (void)memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
> 
> at the beginning of the function.

This is why it's good to have someone like Christos active on the list.


Try the below patch, and cross your fingers.  

--jkl

Index: src/tds/net.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/freetds/freetds/src/tds/net.c,v
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -r1.47 net.c
--- src/tds/net.c       27 Nov 2006 23:31:30 -0000      1.47
+++ src/tds/net.c       28 Nov 2006 14:50:13 -0000
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 #endif
 
        FD_ZERO(&fds);
+       memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
 
        sin.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip_addr);
        if (sin.sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE) {

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