On 12/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Rick> Skip, I looked at (and rejected as too green) an early > Rick> implementation of an MS-SQL module from Object Craft when > putting > Rick> together the MS-SQL module for SA. It was very similar to their > Rick> Sybase module. > > Rick> That's no surprise: as you probably know, MS-SQL was originally > a > Rick> joint project between MS and Sybase, and MS came out later with > Rick> their own version of SQL Server. (What happened later to Sybase, > Rick> and other MS "partner" companies like Lattice, is a rant for > Rick> another day). > > Rick> Anyway, to this day the underlying wire protocols of MS-SQL and > Rick> Sybase are nearly identical. Given that, along with the shared > Rick> Transact-SQL that they both use, I would think that the MS-SQL > and > Rick> Sybase modules would be so similar that they could be better > done > Rick> as a single integrated module. > > Rick> But these days, I'm thinking that effort might be better spent > on > Rick> an ODBC module that could be used to drive MS-SQL, Sybase and > Rick> dozens of other ODBC compliant databases. > > Rick, > > Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, none of this means a whole lot > to > me. I have no MS-SQL experience (nor do I want to acquire any). Also, > I'm > not really interested in horsing around with a new DB-API module. I'd > really like to find out how hard it would be to write an SQLAlchemy driver > for the python-sybase module. That looks like a much more tractable > problem > to me. If there's another DB-API module that will talk to Sybase without > modification I'm willing to look at it.
Point I was trying to make is that it might be easier to adapt the SA MS-SQL driver to work with your Sybase DB-API module than it would be to write a whole new one. Rick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
