# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-17 11:08:17 -0600:
> We may need to make sql queries to a Microsoft server
> from a FreeBSD system. I am in an area of which I am totally
> unfamiliar and there is a bit of a time factor involved.
>
> The object is to retrieve text files containing the
> results of the query so that scripts can be generated based upon
> the information. That, I can handle. The problem is in figuring
> out the best way to access the MS server from here.
roman@freepuppy ~ 1008:0 > cat /usr/ports/databases/freetds/pkg-descr
This is TDS protocol library (CTlib/DBlib) that is used to connect to
Microsoft and Sybase SQL servers. This can be used instead of native
libraries, that are shipped with commercial products.
WWW: http://www.freetds.org/
roman@freepuppy ~ 1009:0 >
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