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/
