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| author | jlam <jlam@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-12-30 16:38:32 +0000 |
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| committer | jlam <jlam@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-12-30 16:38:32 +0000 |
| commit | f1de2e9253a7845bb86b60a9eec17879f14de24f (patch) | |
| tree | b8612008d0cec3bc7df084ff483029f677949ed7 /databases/freetds | |
| parent | ff4b54c99898c8f2c65bc7fc3dad028d4f521c5c (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-f1de2e9253a7845bb86b60a9eec17879f14de24f.tar.gz | |
Update the package description to match the current version.
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| -rw-r--r-- | databases/freetds/DESCR | 20 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/databases/freetds/DESCR b/databases/freetds/DESCR index a25d5592f19..71c9bb3a27a 100644 --- a/databases/freetds/DESCR +++ b/databases/freetds/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,7 @@ -FreeTDS is a free (open source, LGPL-licensed) implementation of -Sybase's db-lib, ct-lib, and ODBC libraries. Currently, dblib and ctlib -are most mature. Both of these libraries have several programs know to -compile and run against them. ODBC is just a roughed in skeleton, and -not useful for real work. +FreeTDS is a set of libraries that allows programs to natively talk +to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases. -FreeTDS will run at protocol versions 4.2, 4.6, or 5.0 and thus can -access both Sybase and Microsoft SQL-Servers. Note: Microsoft SQL -servers do not support TDS versions above 4.2 and need to be configured -with the --with-tdsver=4.2 flag. - -Experimental support for TDS 7.0 (the version used by MS SQL Server 7.0) -is now included. It works for me but beyond that I can't promise much. -That said, TDS 7.0 support can be configured by using the ---with-tdsver=7.0 when running configure. +Technically speaking, FreeTDS is an open source implementation of the +TDS (Tabular Data Stream) protocol used by these databases for their +own clients. It supports many different flavors of the protocol and +three APIs -- DB-Lib, CT-Lib, and ODBC -- to access it. |