On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Norbert Sendetzky <norb...@linuxnetworks.de
> wrote:
> Hi Mariano
>
> > Hi Norbert: I think I am quite confused. In this link
> >
> http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX/Setup/Windows/Building_wi
> > th_MinGW you can read:
> >
> > * "MS SQL Server *
> >
> > *The mssql backend is primarily intended for Unix environments where a
> > native client library is not available for the MS SQL Server and FreeTDS
> > library provides the only alternative. On Windows platforms, the native
> > client is an ODBC driver so it's better to use the odbc
> > backend<
> http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX/Setup/Windows/Bui
> > lding_with_MinGW#ODBC> ."*
> >
> > Is this corret? If true, can you explain it a bit more to me?
>
> Yes, that's correct.
> Microsoft doesn't provide a "nativ" driver for SQL Server like MySQL,
> Oracle,
> etc. does. Instead, the official driver for SQL Server from Microsoft is a
> ODBC driver.
>
> Sure, it's possible to use the mssql backend and the FreeTDS library (not
> official), but the intended way (from Microsoft) is to use ODBC and the
> ODBC
> SQL Server driver (from Microsoft) on Windows platforms.
>
>
>
Ahh okok. Now I get it. Now, despite what Microsoft says, which driver do
you think is better to use in Linux and Windows ?
Cheers
ps: I am already in France :)
> Norbert
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