FreeTDS Development Group

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

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get my code working with the FreeTDS driver 
> (0.64) on Mac 
> OS X, and notice that the attribute SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD isn't 
> supported when I call SQLGetConnectAttr; FreeTDS returns 
> "HY092:[FreeTDS][SQL Server]Invalid option".
> 
> SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD is new as of ODBC 3.5, and I believe 
> the driver 
> hasn't been updated to support it.  A cursory glance in 
> odbc.c shows a 
> switch/case of various connection attributes, except this one.
> 
> My question is:  are there any efforts underway to add ODBC 
> 3.5 features 
> to the driver, including the CONNECTION_DEAD attribute?  I've checked 
> the latest current release and the attribute is still missing 
> from the 
> implementation of SQLGetConnectAttr in odbc.c.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nick
> 

See
http://freetds.cvs.sourceforge.net/freetds/freetds/src/odbc/odbc.c?r1=1.
468&r2=1.469

James, do you think should I backport the patch??

Why not packaging a 0.82rc2 ??

freddy77