But if you look at the FreeTDS site, their 4.2 version talks to SQL Server 7, and their 7.0 version talks to uppity SQL Server 7 and SQL Server 2000. I've been working on this off and on all week. I'll race ya. Dossy wrote: > On 2001.05.04, Ian Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was talk of a nstdsdb module from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would > > this allow direct access to an MS SQL Server box from my NetBSD box? > > Upon closer inspection of the Sybase Open Client FAQ, it seems that > SQL Server 7 and newer use a new client-server protocol and that TDS > is now a "legacy" protocol: > > http://www.isug.com/Sybase_FAQ/ASE/section7.html#7.4 > > However, it seems that it is still possible to connect to SQL Server 7 > using TDS if you apply Service Pack 2 of SQL Server 7, according to > the FAQ. > > I'm grabbing a copy of FreeTDS this weekend and seeing if I can get > at least a bare-bones driver working, perhaps shamelessly stealing > from the nssybpd external DB driver. Perhaps, I'll even be so lazy > as to just try and get nssybpd working using FreeTDS instead of > the Sybase Open Client libraries. > > Of course, as I've said before, I don't have a SQL Server set up > here, but others have offered to volunteer theirs -- if they're > accessible over the Internet (not firewalled, etc.) and an account > can be set up, please email me. > > I'd like to test against a SQL Server 6, 7, and 2000 ... if > possible. > > I'll be able to test against SQL Server 2000 and I believe SQL > Server 7 at work next week, but I don't know if SQL Server 6 is > installed anywhere any more. > > - Dossy > > -- > Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
