>> As far as I can see db-lib is a dead end for SQL Server - http:// >> msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa936940%28v=sql.80%29.aspx. ct-lib >> seems to be a Sybase branch. >> >> Steve > > I've seen that page as well. I'm wondering if that is about Microsoft's > implementation. Using Ruby on Rails, TinyTDS is the preferred way of > connecting to SQL Server these days. We're successfully using it at work > to connect to SQL Server 2007.
Well yes that could well be the case. As long as they are still using TDS, whatever is on the other side of that is a black box as far as they are concerned. I'll take a look at it as soon as I am on top of the ODBC implementation.