FreeTDS Development Group

["Gopalakrishnan A.N" <saigop AT gmail.com>]

Hi Frediano

    As per yoursuggestion I have given the quote, then it started working
fine. Thank you very much.

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:51 AM, James K. Lowden <jklowden AT freetds.org>wrote:

> Gopalakrishnan A.N wrote:
> > I dont understand the driver manager is within the freetds or
> > we need to install unixodbc for driver manager.
>
> It is confusing.
>
> The Driver Manager (DM) lives between the driver and the application.  It
> does some things that the application expects if the driver doesn't do
> them (things the driver may or may not do).  And it defines things that
> are contant for all drivers.
>
> To define common things, the DM provides header files e.g. sql.h.  All
> drivers it manages use its header files.  That way, all drivers have the
> same integer value for, say, SQL_NO_DATA.
>
> The easiest way to build FreeTDS's ODBC driver, or any other in unixland,
> is to first install a DM, and then use the configure option to tell
> FreeTDS where the DM is installed.  That way, the DM can do its job for
> you.
>
> > i really want to enable the option
> > <http://www.freetds.org/userguide/config.htm#WITHODBCNODM>
> > --with-odbc-nodm=*DIR to disable driver manager(freetds as I
> > understand).*
> >   please suggest me so that if possible I can reinstall the total
> > application.
>
> I don't think you really want to enable that option in your case.  It
> doesn't "disable" the driver manager; it simply permits building the ODBC
> driver without installing a DM.
>
> As I said before, I don't see any evidence the DM is in your way or
> causing any difficulties.  I see lots of evidence that you're confused
> about the DSN/freetds/DNS names, and afaict you haven't tried the osql
> script or TDSDUMPCONFIG options.  Which, my friend, is making your job
> harder than it otherwise would be.
>
> HTH.
>
> --jkl
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Thank you  with regards,
Gopal,
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