FreeTDS Development Group

[Brian Paquin <brian.paquin AT yale.edu>]


I attached the file again (this time compressed into a zip).

I was trying to "modify" php in a upgrade-friendly way, but
you are probably right... I should compile PHP 5.x and then
deal with issues related to OS updates as needed.

I will look into TDSDUMP on the old server this weekend!

Again, thank you!!!

Brian  :)

On Jun 1, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Daniel Fazekas wrote:

> On Jun 1, 2007, at 17:06, Brian Paquin wrote:
>
> > TDSDUMP generates a LOT of output!!
> > ( I redirected the output to a file. When the file reached 2GB, I
> > killed the job and reviewed file.)
>
> Definitely shouldn't be getting that big, sounds like it's stuck in
> some infinite loop.
>
> > Connects to the database and receives the first packet of database
> > results. After those lines, it seems like a lot of repetition (see
> > attached file "log.txt"). Is this output normal?
>
> Clearly not normal, but you forgot to attach it, or it was lost
> somewhere along the way, perhaps due to the size of it.
> Try sending it up to the first 2-3 repetitions max. Also note that
> sensitive login information may be in the log, you might want to edit
> that out first.
>
> > I used "php -i" to retrieve the config used by Apple, downloaded
> > PHP  4.4.4 from php.net, and then rebuilt it (adding in the sybase
> > directive).
>
> So you didn't apply Apple's custom patches to it, whatever those may
> do -- unlikely to make a difference with the sybase part.
> Still, I just don't see the logic of reinstalling PHP this way.
> If you're overwriting Apple's version with your own custom-built
> copy, you might as well have went with the current versions of PHP,
> 4.4.7 or even 5.2.3. And because you installed it into the same place
> Apple's version used to be, Apple's system updates will likely just
> go ahead and blindly overwrite your copy in the future, killing the
> sybase support.
>
> But again this is mostly just an aside; probably not the cause of
> your problem here.
>
> > otool confirms that FreeTDS is present...
> >          /usr/local/lib/libsybdb.5.dylib (compatibility version
> > 6.0.0, current version 6.0.0)
>
> Good, so we have confirmed that you have:
> - only one copy of PHP on your system
> - it is linked to FreeTDS's db-lib and actually using it
>
> I'm still not convinced that the problem lies in FreeTDS necessarily,
> the endless repetition could be simply following the orders of those
> calling it, the php script or the code of php's sybase extension.
>
> Now we would need to take a look at that TDSDUMP log or your php
> script to find out more.
> By the way, since you mentioned having a properly working set-up on
> another computer, it might also be a good idea to compare the TDSDUMP
> output of that system with the new one.
>
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Brian T. Paquin, ACSA, ACHDS, ACTC, ACDT, ACPT
Yale University
Department of Pathology
brian.paquin AT yale.edu
(203) 785-3691