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- Message-ID: <765327d6993855t2@infoserv.com>
- Date: Tuesday, 15 December 1992 19:11:06 PDT
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- From: "Steven K. Wilder" <swilder@infoserv.com>
- Organization: Private
- References: <allenm.724399867@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
- Subject: Re: Unix Sybase Access to OS/2 SQLServer?
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.sybase
- Distribution: world
- Lines: 41
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- In <allenm.724399867@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>, allenm@sfu.ca (Allen Mar) wrote:
- >
- > Can anyone tell me how to access Microsoft SQLServer on an OS/2 server
- > from a Unix client? [etc.- removed] I've been told the SQLServer
- > won't talk to TCP/IP though. Is that right? What is the explanation for
- > this I wonder?
- >
- > Must I get Microsoft SQL Bridge to accomplish this task?
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Probably.
-
- The situation is this; Sybase typically uses sockets to
- communicate between server and client; OS/2 provides an alternative
- called "named pipes." Although named pipes are protocol-independent,
- they are typically only implemented as an abstraction layer for
- NetBIOS on PC networks, especially MS LAN Manager and IBM LAN Server
- (OS/2 based servers).
-
- If I remember correctly, SQL Bridge gives Microsoft SQL Server a
- sockets interface to let it communicate with non named pipes servers
- and clients.
-
- The problem isn't that the MS SQL Server won't talk TCP/IP (it is
- in fact protocol-independent), it's just that it requires a named
- pipes interface to clients, rather than the standard sockets Unix
- clients are equipped to handle.
-
- P.S., This will probably change as Microsoft has broadly demonstrated
- their intent to support sockets in future versions, esp SQL Server for
- Windows NT.
-
- >
- > Allen Mar
- > allenm@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca
-
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