DBD::Sybase 1.07_06

All,

I'm finally getting closer to releasing the DBD::Sybase 1.08, which will
have a number of fixes.

I would like to encourage those of you who have the time and the
resources to please download and install version 1.07_06 from
http://www.peppler.org/downloads and let me know of any issues that you
may find.

From the CHANGES file:

Detect missing libblk.a library, and disable the BLK api calls
if necessary.
Added code to force dlopen() to use RTLD_GLOBAL.
Corrected ct_option() functionality detection.
Fixed incorrect handling of bind_params() (Thanks to Tim Bunce).
Added serverType DSN parameter.
Added tds_keepalive DSN parameter.
Fixed incorrect handling of multiple result sets with DBI
1.53 and later.
Re-wrote $dbh->ping() in C for faster operation.
Allow automated build without prompts.
Fixed nsql() buglet.

Bug Fixes

616 - Spurious error message when the login request times out.
614 - Documentation improvement for syb_xxx methods.
610 - Segfault when using signals with the threaded libraries
and perl >= 5.8.

Thanks,

Michael
--
Michael Peppler - Peppler Consulting SaRL
mpeppler@peppler.org - http://www.peppler.org
Sybase DBA/Developer - TeamSybase: http://www.teamsybase.com
Sybase on Linux FAQ - http://www.peppler.org/FAQ/linux.html

Re: DBD::Sybase 1.07_06

On 4/10/07, Michael Peppler wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm finally getting closer to releasing the DBD::Sybase 1.08, which will
> have a number of fixes.
>
> I would like to encourage those of you who have the time and the
> resources to please download and install version 1.07_06 from
> http://www.peppler.org/downloads and let me know of any issues that you
> may find.
>
> From the CHANGES file:
>
> Detect missing libblk.a library, and disable the BLK api calls
> if necessary.
> Added code to force dlopen() to use RTLD_GLOBAL.
> Corrected ct_option() functionality detection.
> Fixed incorrect handling of bind_params() (Thanks to Tim Bunce).
> Added serverType DSN parameter.

The exact details escape me, but do you recall a problem at one point
connecting to either a replication or an IQ server because the
DBD::Sybase code tries to query a table that does not exist in such a
server? Is that what the serverType DSN param is supposed to help
with?

> Added tds_keepalive DSN parameter.
> Fixed incorrect handling of multiple result sets with DBI
> 1.53 and later.
> Re-wrote $dbh->ping() in C for faster operation.
> Allow automated build without prompts.
> Fixed nsql() buglet.
>
> Bug Fixes
>
> 616 - Spurious error message when the login request times out.
> 614 - Documentation improvement for syb_xxx methods.
> 610 - Segfault when using signals with the threaded libraries
> and perl >= 5.8.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
> --
> Michael Peppler - Peppler Consulting SaRL
> mpeppler@peppler.org - http://www.peppler.org
> Sybase DBA/Developer - TeamSybase: http://www.teamsybase.com
> Sybase on Linux FAQ - http://www.peppler.org/FAQ/linux.html
>


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--
Matthew O. Persico

Re: DBD::Sybase 1.07_06

Matthew Persico wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Michael Peppler wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I'm finally getting closer to releasing the DBD::Sybase 1.08, which will
>> have a number of fixes.
>>
>> I would like to encourage those of you who have the time and the
>> resources to please download and install version 1.07_06 from
>> http://www.peppler.org/downloads and let me know of any issues that you
>> may find.
>>
>> From the CHANGES file:
>>
>> Detect missing libblk.a library, and disable the BLK api calls
>> if necessary.
>> Added code to force dlopen() to use RTLD_GLOBAL.
>> Corrected ct_option() functionality detection.
>> Fixed incorrect handling of bind_params() (Thanks to Tim Bunce).
>> Added serverType DSN parameter.
>
> The exact details escape me, but do you recall a problem at one point
> connecting to either a replication or an IQ server because the
> DBD::Sybase code tries to query a table that does not exist in such a
> server? Is that what the serverType DSN param is supposed to help
> with?

Yes, and also to allow (future versions of) DBD::Sybase to turn off
certain features when they aren't available.

Michael
--
Michael Peppler - Peppler Consulting SaRL
mpeppler@peppler.org - http://www.peppler.org
Sybase DBA/Developer - TeamSybase: http://www.teamsybase.com
Sybase on Linux FAQ - http://www.peppler.org/FAQ/linux.html