Hi Frank One the main reasons why I created ODBTP was becaause it was apparent to me that the mssql and odbc extensions were limited by the underlying libraries they were encapsulating. The key to ODBTP is that the C library provides the same level of functionality on all platforms. I loved DB-Librtary, but when I realized that MS was discouraging its use, I stopped using it. At the moment, Microsoft is still supporting ODBC. However, if they decide to throw it aside, the ODBTP service can be changed to accomodate OLEDB without changing the protocol. This appears to be the constant struggle for FreeTDS, which works directly with the TDS protocol that MS perpetually changes. In regards to nvarchar and ntext fields, are you returning them as wide characters, or do you convert them as single byte characters converted from the wide characters? -- bob On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Frank M. Kromann wrote: > Hi, > > The php group and I (the maintainer of the MSSQL and other extensions) > takes MSSQL serious! In fact the latest version of the extension can be > compiled under Windows, Linux and Unix with full support for stored > procedures. Under *nix, by using the FreeYDS library, you will also get > support for nvarchar and ntext columns and the old 256 byte limitation on > char/varchar is gone. > > I'm working on an implementation of this for Win32 as well. The current > limitations are not caused by php byut by the library provided by > Microsoft. Microsoft wants to promote OLEDB and not the older DBLIB style > libraries shared with Sybase. > > - Frank > > > Yes, and the fact is that MySQL and Postgresql are not taken serious > > by many in the commercial world, especially in the U.S. And, while we > > might laugh at the MS-SQL / MySQL debate, there are many companies and > > government agencies that do not feel that MySQL is ready for mission > > critical applications. Microsoft is politically pushing .NET bigtime in > > the States, and along with it comes MS SQL Server. IF I was not able to > > get ODBTP to work, PHP would have been canned. If PHP does not take MS > > SQL serious, then others will not take PHP serious. > > > > -- bob > > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, heilo wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > Yes, this really would be scary :) - no i was just exagurating; in > fact i > > > use mysql/postgres - but i know enough people who are bound to > > > windows-systems telling me their (partly incredible) stories all the > time... > > > > > > So i thought it would be great if there was a better support for those > dbs > > > too? > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
