FreeTDS Development Group

[christos AT zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)]

Hi,

Getting something like:

    Msg 20009, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
    Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
    There was a problem connecting to the server

is not very helpful. Was the server down? Did name resolution fail?
What was the name of the server? I understand that in the name of
compatibility we follow the original messages, and that a more
detailed error message can be found in the log, but would it be
too controvercial to at least append to the error something like:

    if (errnum)
        append("Operating System specific error: %s\n", strerror(errnum));

christos