Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] [REPOST] Differences in VC6 and VC9 Windows builds and MSSQL Driver.

2008/12/31 Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Richard Quadling > <rquadling@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> With regard to http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46971, how >> much effort >> is needed (if any) to document that some functionality is not going to >> be available in all windows builds? [DOC] > > Not sure to understand the term "effort" here. If something can't make > it until 5.3.0-final for technical or legal reasons (like for mssql), > then a simple note in the mssql page can do it. > > >> When will VC6 be dropped? [CORE and DOC] > > After 5.3.0, be 5.4.0 or 6.0.0. > >> Admittedly, it is only an issue for Microsoft SQL Server (mssql and >> pdo_mssql) and for Sybase_ct. > > Sybase_ct will be present in 5.3.0, my comment in the bug said it will > take some time, not that it will never make it. > > Other affected extensions are likely to be snmp and aspell. > >> With Microsoft having their own PHP extension for talking to MSSQL >> (http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/PHP-Driver.aspx - >> though documented to only support SQL 2005 and 2008, not 7 or 2000), >> could this become the standard alternative for php_mssql.dll (though >> not PDO as the MS extension is procedural only, leaving ODBC as the >> route for older versions? > > Yes, we are working on something to solve the sqlserver drivers > problem on windows. More about that next year :) > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > http://blog.thepimp.net | > http://www.libgd.org > Thank you. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"