FreeTDS Development Group

[Ken Collins <ken AT metaskills.net>]

>> If we want to add many attributes even in dblib I think we should
>> think about a standard way to add these. For this reason and cause the
>> patch is about adding feature I personally won't put it in rc version.
> 
> Agreed.  Except all this name decorating (:port, \instance) is ad hoc
> and not well supported.  Environment variables are the way to go.  
> 
> --jkl

Currently the host and port are not working on Windows and sometimes unix'y 
platforms. I am debugging and plan on reporting back soon with my finding and 
hopefully a patch or at the least a clear understanding with how to make this 
work across the board and where things have broken down. 

More to come...

 - Ken