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Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS

From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:37:13 -0500

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:24:44 -0600
Darrell Cormier <solarisnut AT gmail.com> wrote:

> The odd thing is that I copied these perl scripts directly from an
> old server (configured in about 2005), which is still running these
> scripts, and they still work well. I am wondering if there is a
> slight change in the newer versions of DBD::SYBASE that are a little
> more picky about the server designation.

Hmm. Maybe. It could be that your query is now executed as a prepared
statement, whereas in 2005 it would have been sent verbatim as plain
SQL. If so, perhaps the server interprets the leading servername
differently in that context.

--jkl

[freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, Darrell Cormier, 02/13/2013
- Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, James K. Lowden, 02/13/2013
  - Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, Darrell Cormier, 02/15/2013
    - Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, James K. Lowden, 02/15/2013
      - Re: [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, Frediano Ziglio, 02/15/2013
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, Darrell Cormier, 02/13/2013
- [freetds] DBD::Sybase not connecting - acts like it is not using FreeTDS, Darrell Cormier, 02/13/2013