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Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release

From: "Jackson, Craig" <Craig.Jackson AT cengage.com>
To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:07:00 -0400

> > Maybe a bad term on my part, the code comment said it has "No effect
> > on behavior". It does set the global and that global is not used
> > anywhere from my code search too.

> Confirmed, Ken. dbsetversion() should call tds_set_version(). The
> code you found was probably a placeholder once upon a time that never
> got finished. Most people don't care, you see, because freetds.conf
> and TDSVER cover the same territory. (I wonder how many db-lib
> programs ever called dbsetversion() or dbsetlversion(). I used
> Microsoft's db-lib for over 10 years without setting the version.)

> --jkl

dbsetversion() was/is needed for Sybase to get access to the numeric and
decimal datatypes, according to the documentation. Our code calls it.

DBSETLVERSION() appears to be a Microsoft-ism with similar semantics. Correct?

Craig Jackson

[freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Ken Collins, 09/03/2011
- Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, James K. Lowden, 09/04/2011
  - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Ken Collins, 09/04/2011
    - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, James K. Lowden, 09/04/2011
      - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Frediano Ziglio, 09/05/2011
    - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, James K. Lowden, 09/08/2011
      - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Jackson, Craig, 09/08/2011
      - Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, LacaK, 09/08/2011
        
        Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Ken Collins, 09/08/2011
        
        Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, LacaK, 09/20/2011
        
        Re: [freetds] Cannot Use DBVERSION_72 With DBLIB In 0.91 Release, Ken Collins, 09/20/2011