From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 9:14: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD74537B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:14:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA35243EC2 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:14:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AAA55; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:11:04 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 819612FDD66; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:14:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:14:00 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Martin McCormick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are There any Free Tools to do Remote SQL Queries? Message-ID: <20021217171400.GB45336@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Martin McCormick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200212171708.gBHH8HvD067370@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212171708.gBHH8HvD067370@dc.cis.okstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu / 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 > -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message