FreeTDS Development Group

[crawford charles <fiducianettestz AT yahoo.com>]

fredddy77,

Damn... missed that.  Thanks, enormously!
I assume that DATEN is like INTN: the format specifies
a maximum size, but the data can have any "appropriate
size" (for the type) up toi that maximum (0,1,2,4,8
for INT).

Thanks again.  Sorry I didn't catch it earlier.

C.
--- "ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT"
<Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com> wrote:

> > 
> > crawford charles wrote:
> > > 
> > > I believe I have encountered a new (to me
> anyway)
> > > datatype.  The value is 0x7B, and it looks like
> it
> > > could be similar to a INTN (0x26) or FLTN (0x6d)
> 
> > > from its form.
> > > 
> > > I searched the 3.6 and 3.8 Sybase TD Functional
> spec,
> > > and the FreeTDS 0.64 code base and
> documentation.  I'd
> > > appreciate any help.
> > 
> > I would be happy to help but am very
> time-constrained of late.  
> > 
> > The easiest thing for me would be if you could
> modify
> > src/dblib/unittest/rpc.c to provoke the new
> datatype from the 
> > server.  The
> > library should complain and leave enough
> information in the 
> > TDSDUMP log to
> > get started.  Then I'll see if the sybase server I
> have 
> > access to behaves
> > the same way.  If so, I would think the work to
> add the new 
> > type would be
> > quick.  
> > 
> > And then, you know, we'd have to update the docs. 
> ;-)
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> 
> 0x7b == TDS_DATEN
> DATE is a new ASE type. Mainly is the date part of a
> DATETIME. I don't
> rememember if TIME info is missing or 0. The strange
> thing is that
> server declare a length of 8 but send 4. You can see
> two date, one
> length 4 and one NULL (len == 0)
> 
> freddy77
> 
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