The dependancy chains looks like this (more or less):
pymssql ==> DBlib ==> FreeTDS ==> wire pyodbc (Unix) ==> iodbc / unixodbc ==> FreeTDS ==> wire pyodbc (Win) ==> ms-odbc ==> OLEdb ==> wire The unicode problem for pymssql is in DBlib, not FreeTDS Rick On 7/26/07, Christophe de VIENNE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2007/7/26, Paul Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > One thing PyMSSQL will never support is Unicode - the MSSQL interface is > > uses is deprecated and just doesn't do unicode. For that reason, you may > > do better to focus your efforts on getting PyODBC working better on > > Unix. Right at the minute though it's more problematic than PyMSSQL. > > I could see that... > One thing though : > - pymssql, on unix, is based on freetds > - pyODBC, at least on my system, use an ODBC driver based on freetds > The question is : if pymssql does not support unicode, does it mean > that freetds doesn't ? > Sub-Question : if FreeTDS supports unicode, is it realistic to try and > modify pymssql to make it more specific to freetds and support unicode > ? > > Christophe > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---