SQL/database server capabilities NO ODBC please

Steve Teale steve.teale at britseyeview.com
Mon Nov 28 20:21:08 PST 2011


On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:48:37 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

> On 2011-11-28 15:34, Steve Teale wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:31:32 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>
>>> On 2011-11-27 07:13, Steve Teale wrote:
>>>> You may detest ODBC, but it is very soon going to be the only way to
>>>> communicate with SQL Server short of writing another wire protocol
>>>> effort.  There was the alternative of OLE DB, but MS is dumping that.
>>>
>>> FreeTDS can be used directly.
>>
>> True. I was thinking Windows at the time (very unusual).
>>
>> Steve
> 
> I'm pretty sure FreeTDS works on Windows. There's a RubyGem, TinyTDS and
> works on Windows and uses FreeTDS.
> 
> https://github.com/rails-sqlserver/tiny_tds

All that said, I think we must still cover ODBC. MS ODBC will be the 
official standard interface to SQL Server, and they are doing Linux 
versions - the 64 bit one is already available.

Steve


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