Re-2: how to connect to a MSSQL server with Rev Linux?

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Peter,

thank you very much. I will look at all your recommendations.

Matthias

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: how to connect to a MSSQL server with Rev Linux? (16-Feb-2010 18:19)
From:    Peter Alcibiades <palcibiades-first at yahoo.co.uk>
To:      runrev260805 at m-r-d.de

> 
> Looking at the synaptic offerings for microsoft sql, there are a couple 
> more
> possibilities:
> 
> There is a Perl module, libdi-perl, about which the comments say
> 
> BI (DataBase Interface) is a Perl framework that provides a common 
> interface
> to access various backend databases in a uniform manner. DBD (DataBase
> Driver)
> modules provide implementations for various backend data storage mechanisms
> including networked relational databases (particularly SQL databases) and
> even
> web services such as the Google search engine.
> 
> It is extremely portable and available for a wide range of operating
> systems,
> architectures and data stores, including:
> 
>  * Oracle
>  * Microsoft SQL Server
>  * IBM DB2
>  * SQLite
>  * PostgreSQL
>  * Firebird
>  * MySQL
> 
> Then there is a package called sqsh, about which the comments say
> 
> sqsh is a flexible commandline utility that uses the freetds libraries
> to connect to Sybase or Microsoft SQL servers.  It is a useful debugging
> tool for identifying problems with other SQL applications, and it can be
> used as a productivity tool in its own right:  unlike most SQL CLIs, sqsh's
> interactive shell lets you pipe the output of SQL queries directly to other
> Unix commands for further processing.
> 
> Hope one of these is some use!
> 
> Peter
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