FreeTDS Development Group

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

Alan Humphrey wrote:
> 
> I have a varchar(4000) column in a SQL Server 2005 database.  When I try
> to update the column via DBD::Sybase it is truncated at 80 characters.

We know ct-lib, which is what DBD::Sybase uses, handles character columns
larger than 80 characters (cf. sqsh).  

Post a TDSDUMP log of your session.  It can also help if your route both
TDSDUMP and DBI trace to stderr, and redirect stderr to a file, so that
DBI and freetds logging are interspersed.  

I doubt Eric Marschner's reply fits your case because you're using
DBD::Sybase.  The routine he modified supports parameterized TDS 7.0+
queries, which aren't supported by ct-lib.  

--jkl