FreeTDS Development Group

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

> 
> Hello,
> I have a problem connecting to mssql from openoffice.
> I keep getting this error:
> 
> SQL Status: 42000
> Error code: 170
> [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'auto_mydb_007'.
> The SQL command leading to this error is:
> SELECT * FROM "auto_mydb_007"."db0"."D1234"
> 
> for some reason the quotation gives a problem.
> 
> In python app:
> File "mssql.py", line 4, in ?
>     cursor.execute('''SELECT * FROM "auto_mydb_007"."db0"."D1234''')
> <type 'instance'>: ('42000', "[42000] [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Line 1:
> Incorrect syntax near 'auto_mydb_007'. (170)")
> 
> but if I remove "
> 'SELECT * FROM auto_mydb_007.db0.D1234'
> Everything works just fine on a command line.
> 
> but in openoffice if I create a custom query I still get this errors.
> 
> The SQL command leading to this error is:
> SELECT * FROM auto_mydb_007.db0.D1234;
> 
> 
> Any idea why this might be? Is there a setting that deals with "
> quotations? Or is this some other problem?
> 

Try adding a "SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON" before select. Newer version
should set this flag during logon.

> I am using debian stable with freeTDS.
> I Followed this page on how to setup unixODBC and freeTDS:
> http://lucasmanual.com/mywiki/unixODBC
> 
> Lucas
> 

debian stable is quite old... we released 0.64 on July 2006.

freddy77