SQL/database server capabilities NO ODBC please

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Mon Nov 28 23:34:36 PST 2011


On 2011-11-29 05:21, Steve Teale wrote:
> 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

Of course we can still cover ODBC, I just don't think ODBC should be the 
only, or primary, interface to SQL Server.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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