FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> About TIME(n)... aehmm... I don't know James free time but I'm very
> busy

To continue to thrive, FreeTDS needs ODBC development talent and server
support.  

I get involved with ODBC from time to time because I need FreeTDS to work
with DBD::ODBC.  But I have an allergy to ODBC.  It gives me a rash but
(for good or ill) no itch.  

Frediano brought the ODBC driver into the 21st century.  Without his
continuing contribution, it is apt to languish somewhat, much as the
ct-lib library does these days.  If you use the ODBC driver, you would be
well advised to take note.  

API development is challenging and interesting (I should know!), and I
encourage the interested user to apply his energies and talents to it. 
That is how FreeTDS came to be, and that is how it will grow.  And you
will learn something, I promise.  

Another constraint is that the project has no 2008 server available to it.
(Yes, I know, it's a free download, but one needs a Windows box and the
inclination to set it up.)  For this reason, Frediano does all the
2008-specific testing.  Should patches magically rain down on me alone, I
would have to choose between putting them in unverified and setting them
aside.  

So, dear reader, it comes to this:  If you want ODBC to support SQL Server
2008, my advice is to make a server available, or join the project, or
both.  

--jkl