On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:33:44 -0500, Ruben I Safir - Brooklyn Linux Solutions CEO said: | | Does anyone have any experiece with Sybases Open Client Drivers to | run the Microsoft RDMS from Linux. I've really had a tough time with it. | I had origianlly tried to use the Sybase ASE to gain access but only | succeeded with 2 of the 6 I need access to. The freetds completely | fails to this point. I can ping all the boxes without trouble. | I've tried Sybperl and DBD::Sybase | | It's very fustrating. | | If anyone has had expereince, I would apreciate some off list advise. Microsoft is a notorious company for being *almost* compatible. If you want to connect natively, you need to be in a MS environemnt (so no Sybase). Your alternative is ODBC, or perhaps even JDBC. HTH -- ---------------------------------------------------- Koos Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available