Hi,

I'm trying to find out (Borland tech. support is useless) if there is
a Borland 16 bit interface that supports Microsoft's SQL Server 6.0.

I have discovered that Borland's SQL Links 2.5 (16 bit) is only
certified to be compatible with SQL Server 4.21 and that Borland have
released a 32 bit version of SQL Links which is compatible with SQL
Server 6.0.  However, I actually need a 16 bit interface (because the
client program is running on Windows 3.1 boxes) to my SQL Server 6.0
which is running on an NT Server 3.51 box.

Can somebody please fill me in on what's going on with Borland with
regard to this software.  If there is currently no such product, is
there one being released soon?  (For how much $$ ?)  If you email me,
please mark it Attn: Mike Hodgson.

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        Mike

'It has been proved that research causes cancer in rats.'

Are you using stored procedures on the server (via SQL links 2.5)? Delphi
/ BDE is unable to enumerate the stored procedures (like a list of
tables). Similary, parameters of stored procs. have problems with string
fields (input & output).

Vimal.

We are in the same situation, Borland tech support refuses to answer
queries about a 16-bit version of SQL links with MS-SQL 6.0
compatibility. Hopefully the volume of the clients in the same situation
will cause Borland to ship out a version soon.

Vimal

Oh boy, just what I signed on for!  Yet another Borland Delphi question!!!
Folks, this is for the ONLINE SERVICE called Delphi, NOT the windows development
package Delphi.  Please direct these questions elsewhere.
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Tim

Vimal Swaroop <Vimal_Swar...@alltel.com> wrote :
16 bit native MS SQL 6 access.

To add to the noise, we have many customers who are not yet ready to go
to 32 bit but are ready to use MS SQL 6. How hard can it be to migrate
the 32 bit native drivers back to 16 bit?

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Are you using the ODBC driver or SQL Links ?

Jonathan Tee

We had to use 16 bit ODBC...yuuch..

Kelly

It's entirely possible that Vimal Swaroop <Vimal_Swar...@alltel.com>

#We are in the same situation, Borland tech support refuses to answer
#queries about a 16-bit version of SQL links with MS-SQL 6.0
#compatibility. Hopefully the volume of the clients in the same situation
#will cause Borland to ship out a version soon.

Unlikely.  I spoke to Borland tech. support yesterday and they said
the next version, due out in the "first or second quarter" (ie.
sometime around mid-tear), will support Sybase 10 but no mention of
Microsoft SQL Server 6.0.  That's funny, I thought they used the same
driver.

        Mike

The standard 16 bit (delphi 1.0 C/S) works fine with
SQL 6.0.
Just use the SYBASE driver .