[fpc-devel] TMSSQLConnection - sqlDB component for accessing MS SQL Server

[Marcos Douglas]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Marcos Douglas <md at delfire.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:08 AM,  <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, LacaK wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>> let me share same basic info/ideas about TMSSQLConnection :
>>> 1. As Marcos wrote it is descendant of sql-db TSQLConnection class and
>>> provides native connector for MS SQL Servers and Sybase servers
>>> 2. is depends/requires on FreeTDS open-source cross platform DB-Library
>>> (alternatively can be used also Microsoft db-library ntwdblib.dll)
>>> 3. all what is needed are 2-3 files:
>>> - mssqlconn.pp (implementation of TMSSQLConnection and TSybaseConnection)
>>> - dblib.pp (interface to FreeTDS db-library ABI dblib.dll on Windows,
>>> libsybdb.so on *NIX)
>>> - readme.txt (some info for users/developers)
>>> 4. according to market share of MS SQL Server and Sybase there may be many
>>> users, which will welcome alternative to TODBCConnection
>>> 5. there is on http://www.freepascal.org/future.var in "Improve the
>>> database support" > "Drivers (descendants) for more database types" so I
>>> understand it as FPC is open for new stuff ;-)
>>> 6. if there is any problem please let us know. If you decide to include it
>>> into fcl-db then you can place files for example into src/sqldb/mssql folder
>>> ;-)
>>
>>
>> I will have a look and include both units.
>
> And the dream will become true... Thanks Michael.
> Any chance to merge in fixes_2_6 in short time?
>
> Marcos Douglas

Hi Michael,
Do you have some prediction to include the sources?

Thanks,
Marcos Douglas