FreeTDS Development Group

[michael.peppler AT bnpparibas.com]

Re: XML & SOAP

Database engines do speak SOAP, or can be made to (eg ASE 12.5.x and 15 
can be configured to do so with an add-on feature).
However, as a general method of communicating with clients I think the 
overhead would be much too high. The TDS protocol is *much* more compact 
than XML and requires a lot less conversion (data sent in binary)...

Michael





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Yes, that is what I had in mind.
Are you sharing the code ?

If FreeTDS API does not help with these issues, then what does it do? 
Perhaps I am looking the api fom a wrong view.

As a feedback on XML...in fact you could argue that why not have databases 
talk SOAP and be done with it.

Cheers...
Medi

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From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of James K. Lowden
Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 8:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [freetds] FreeTDS API basic/newbe question

Medi Montaseri wrote:
> Can someone tell me if the freeTDS api can help me with packet assembly
> and unassembly.
> More specifically, if I have a buffer containing the TDS headers (type,
> length, last or not, etc) and payload, can I just call one of these API
> functions and say, get me the SQL query, or Tell me what TDS version, or
> tell me if this is an RPC or not, etc,etc

No, there's no API for that.  However, this might interest you.

https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/freetds/2004q2/016006.html

Let me know.

--jkl
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