FreeTDS API
Modules
The db-lib API

Functions callable by db-lib client programs. More...

Collaboration diagram for The db-lib API:

Modules

 Primary functions
 Core functions needed by most db-lib programs.

 
 Remote Procedure functions
 Functions used with stored procedures.
Especially useful for OUTPUT parameters, because modern Microsoft servers do not return output parameter data to the client unless the procedure was invoked with dbrpcsend().

 
 Bulk copy functions
 Functions to bulk-copy (a/k/a bcp) data to/from the database.

 
 Money functions
 Functions to manipulate the MONEY datatype.

 
 Datetime functions
 Functions to manipulate DBDATETIME structures. Defined by Sybase only.
These are not implemented:
 
 Internals
 Functions called within db-lib for self-help.
These functions are of interest only to people hacking on the FreeTDS db-lib implementation.

 
 Unimplemented
 Functions thus far not implemented in the FreeTDS db-lib implementation.
While some of these are simply awaiting someone with time and skill (and inclination) it might be noted here that the old browse functions (e.g. dbcolbrowse()) are on the never-to-do list.
They were defined by Sybase and were superseded long ago, although they're still present in Microsoft's implementation.
They were never popular and today better alternatives are available.
For completeness, they are:
 

Detailed Description

Functions callable by db-lib client programs.

The db_lib interface is implemented by both Sybase and Microsoft. FreeTDS seeks to implement first the intersection of the functions defined by the vendors.