[fpc-pascal] SqlDB and MS SQL Server support

[Marcos Douglas]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys
<mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at the FPC 2.6.4 fcl-db source folder it seems that SqlDB does
> have MS SQL Server support. What confuses me is that the readme.txt
> files mentions that I must download FreeTDS sources and compile it with
> MS Visual C++ (a compiler I don't have and have never used).
>
> Could somebody explain the situation with SqlDB and MS SQL Server support?
>
> * Must I have C++ compiler
> * Is the MS SQL Server support any good?
> * What version of MS SQL Server is supported?
>
> The program I am writing is going to run on the server which hosts SQL
> Server, so client libraries should all be there. Do I still need this
> FreeTDS library mentioned?
>
> Is FPC 2.7.1 support any better - I could use that if I must.
>
>
> While I'm at it, has anybody implemented MS SQL Server support in tiOPF?
> If so, do you mind sharing? Though it normally takes 30-60 minutes to
> add a new persistence layer, but that is 30-60 I could save. ;-)

I'm working with MSSQL perfectly using FPC 2.6.5 and Lazarus (trunk),
only 32-bits.
You can use pre-compiled libs here ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/fpc/contrib/windows/

Regards,
Marcos Douglas