Re: [gnome-db] sybase provider in 0.8.193 not building

[Holger Thon <holger thon gnome-db org>]

Hi,

The freetds provider works with freetds 0.53. 
You can obtain it from most metalab mirrors, e.g. 
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/ALPHA/freetds/freetds-0.53.tgz
Make sure to also config freetds correctly.

I have done the api change to 0.60 recently. However, if the provider
plugin is linked against freetds 0.60, g_module_open() 
returns NULL in gda_config_get_provider_list() in gda_config.c and 
hence it will not be loaded. So these changes are not commited, yet.
I assume this might be a problem with gcc 3.0.4.

The upcoming cvs version will hold a provider linking against both apis,
as i'm merging 0.53 and 0.60 together this weekend and try to fix the
problem.

Though, avoid freetds 0.60 for productive sybase servers at least with
TDS4.2. E.g. there is an open bug crashing ASE 12.5 with TDS4.2 protocol
(http://www.freetds.org/README.0.60). So better use 0.53 instead.

Regards
Holger

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 12:21:23PM +0100, Alex Hornby wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:05, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > mOn Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:19, Alex Hornby wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I the sybase provider doesn't seem to build in the current release. Are
> > > there any fixes available?
> > 
> > what's the problem you're having? also, are you using the sybase libs or
> > the freetds ones?
> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> 
> Hi Rodrigo,
> 
> I'm using the sybase libs. 
> 
> The problem seems to be that the gda libs have been updated (some types
> have changed etc) by the sybase provider hasn't.
> 
> Also its still structured as an executable, whereas the other providers
> seem to be libraries.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex.
> 
> 
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