FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>]

Il giorno sab, 03/01/2009 alle 10.47 -0500, James K. Lowden ha scritto:
> http://manuals.sybase.com:80/onlinebooks/group-cnarc/cng1110e/dblib/@ebt-link;pt=12272?target=%25N%15_12482_START_RESTART_N%25
> 
> If someone could explain to me what SYBBOUNDARY and SYBSENSITIVITY are,
> I'd be much obliged.  
> 
> I modified tds_willconvert() to support SYBIMAGE last night (minor change)
> and came across these again.  The function returns the correct value for
> them now -- we don't convert them to or from anything, even to themselves
> -- but I couldn't find anything in Sybase's references that explain what
> they are.  The closest I got was in the DB-Library manual, 
> 
>       SYBBOUNDARY
>       Security sensitivity_boundary type.
>       Use DBCHAR as the type for program variables.
> 
>       SYBSENSITIVITY
>       Security sensitivity type.
>       Use DBCHAR as the type for program variables.
> 
>       For more information on server datatypes, see 
>       the Transact-SQL Reference Manual.
> 
> AFAICT, though, the T-SQL manual is mute on the subject.  
> 
> Many thanks. 
> 

I don't know for certain but I think these types are used for crypted
and/or long passwords, kerberos and related stuff... I agree manual is
not so clear...

Frediano Ziglio