pkgsrc/databases/freetds/DESCR

FreeTDS is a set of libraries that allows programs to natively talk
to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.

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.
Update the package description to match the current version. 2005-12-30 17:38:32 +01:00			`FreeTDS is a set of libraries that allows programs to natively talk`
			`to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.`
Initial import of pkg for FreeTDS 0.50: 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 will run at protocol versions 4.2, 4.6, or 5.0 and thus can access both Sybase and Microsoft SQL-Servers. Experimental support for TDS 7.0 (the version used by MS SQL Server 7.0) is now included. 2000-05-16 03:03:47 +02:00
Update the package description to match the current version. 2005-12-30 17:38:32 +01:00			`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.`