Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:00:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> To: database@freebsd.org Subject: MS SQL server drivers (Perl/DBD, and JDBC) available Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.990222095921.27256a-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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I sent this to a freebsd list because it met a need that we had with FreeBSD, and was developed with FreeBSD, although it's not FreeBSD-specific. Craig Spannring has developed a perl DBD/DBI driver that talks native TDS to a MS SQL server. It's alpha, but it certainly is meeting our needs at this time. We've only tested it against SQL Server 6.5, and Sybase under Linux (not under emulation yet, can't get that to work, natch). ftp://freetds.internetcds.com, and then you have to root around in there briefly. I've been using it under 3.1-stable with the stock perl, and it works peachy. Not all data types are supported yet, and there's some holes in it, if anybody wants to help us out with filling in some of the blanks, that would be great. (most noticeably, the lack of a TDS specification, so it's been reverse engineered by Craig as much as possible). He has also developed for us a (I believe I use the terminology correctly) type IV JDBC driver for SQL server. Feedback we've received shows it running faster than some commercial JDBC drivers at this time. It's available at the same URL. This driver is significantly more robust, but since I don't speak Java, the perl one has been developed as well. :) We're always interested in feedback on these drivers, and patches and fixes can't hurt either. Thanks for your time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message
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