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MS SQL Server on Linux (!)
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08/03/2016 15:28:44
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Catégorie:
Client/serveur
Versions des environnements
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows Server 2012 R2
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Desktop
Divers
Thread ID:
01632649
Message ID:
01632672
Vues:
77
>Oh wow!!!!!
>
>I see issues almost immediately. I wonder how they will provide connections? Oh there are ODBC tools on Linux but to get Linux to connect you have use FreeTDS or unixODBC. Neither, is a walk in the park to setup and IMO not as good as MS-ODBC tools. Then of course there are the issues of replacing MySQL and PostgreSQL (both are free and are standard on all releases of Linux).
>
>Right now I'm of the opinion that there is little in the Linux world that beats PostgreSQL in terms of features and performance.
>
>All that said - I'm happy to see M$ may soon become just 'MS'.

If not via ODBC, how do Linux clients talk to Linux-hosted PostgreSQL/MySQL?
Regards. Al

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