FreeTDS Development Group

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

> 
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I have recently found out about the limitation from 
> Microsoft's DBLIB dll
> about the varchar fields being limited to 255 characters. 
> 
> So, after researching I found out about the php_dblib.dll and
> php_pdo_dblib.dll.
> 
>  
> 
> I had downloaded both (php_dblib.dll and php_pdo_dblib.dll) 
> files and tried
> to load them as extensions in php. Initially, both extensions 
> failed to load
> and after trying for few hours I found out php_dblib.dll will 
> not load if
> .NET Framework 2.0 is installed. Hence, I uninstalled .NET 
> Framework 2.0 and
> it started working. But the problem still remains in 
> php_pdo_dblib.dll. This
> file still does not load and keep failing with a startup 
> error message: PHP
> Statup: Unable to load dynamic library
> 'c:\windows\system32\php_pdo_dblib.dll' - The specified 
> module could not be
> found.
> 
>  
> 
> P.S. Error message screenshot is attached.
> 
>  
> 
> Waiting for a solution.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
>  
> 
> Hashaam Siddiq
> 

Hi,
  where did you download these libraries??
I noted that at http://kromann.info/php.php that php_dblib include
FreeTDS in the DLL while php_pdo_dblib require sybdb.dll. Perhaps this
is the problem

freddy77