FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>]

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http://gitorious.org/freetds/freetds/commit/4a21ded022405693607e71938d0c6173816f5ff9/diffs/c34afafd2fec4cbba9b245e4f13a5471c6fb8041

(add support for -D in freebcp)

Frediano

2012/11/21 Ken Collins <ken AT metaskills.net>:
>
> I have not hit that need yet, but being able to use everything from tsql to 
> freebcp with Azure would be cool.
>
>  - Ken
>
> On Nov 20, 2012, at 11:03 PM, "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:04:39 -0600
>> Cade Roux <cade AT roux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I expect that workaround will not work because USE isn't supported -
>>> you do in fact have to connect directly to the database, because of
>>> the nature of the SQL Azure architecture.
>>
>> Yes, you're right. I forgot about that.
>>
>> About a year ago we added the DBSETLDBNAME macro as a way to set the
>> dbname in the db-lib LOGINREC.  That sets the dbname in the login
>> packet, obviating the need for "USE dbname".  freebcp could be modified
>> to support that feature with a -D option.
>>
>> --jkl
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