Gordon,
Which JDBC driver are you targeting this for as well? There are now
multiple for SQLAnywhere and jConnect using TDS in some cases limits
some functionality.
More of a curious question as i dont have the cycles right now to look
at the code for toplink to figure this out.
thank you.
-lance
Gordon Yorke wrote:
> When connecting to SQLAnywhere or SybaseIQ the SQLAnyWherePlatform
> should be used. The known vendors in the properties file should be
> expanded to cover all supported databases with the correct platform.
> --Gordon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Marina.Vatkina_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Marina.Vatkina_at_Sun.COM]*On
> Behalf Of *Marina Vatkina
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:16 PM
> *To:* Lance J. Andersen
> *Cc:* Pramod Gopinath; Mitesh.Meswani_at_Sun.COM;
> persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Fwd: Proposed code changes to automatically detect
> databaseplatform]
>
> Adding back the alias.
>
> TopLink code uses a different platform in this case:
> SQLAnyWherePlatform.
>
> Tom, Gordon,
>
> Please comment.
>
> thanks,
> -marina
>
> "Lance J. Andersen" wrote:
>
>> Hi Pramod,
>>
>> Yes I will look this over. I had run CTS previously using ASA
>> with PE 8 and was able to get CMP to pass.
>>
>> Regards
>> Lance
>>
>> Pramod Gopinath wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lance
>>> Thanks for Ur comments. Yes it would be a great help if U could
>>> go over the changes in detail for us.
>>>
>>> The properties file is currently being proposed to be in the
>>> directory -
>>> entity-persistence/src/java/oracle/toplink/essentials/platform/database.
>>> By users are U thinking of end users of the product, in which
>>> case I guess we would have to change the location of the
>>> properties file.
>>>
>>> Mitesh : can U comment on the sql anywhere part and how that
>>> work currently in the 8.x codebase.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Pramod
>>>
>>> Lance J. Andersen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Pramod,
>>>>
>>>> I am going to go through this in more detail, but your mapping
>>>> file for example for Sybase probably needs expanded.
>>>>
>>>> The Sybase TDS protocol is also supported by SQL Anywhere,
>>>> which can return various names depending on the version of the
>>>> product. Same for Sybase IQ which is built on top of SQL
>>>> Anywhere. Yes I know we do not directly test for example these
>>>> specific backends, but they do work as as TSQL is for the most
>>>> part compatible acrosss all Sybase Products.
>>>>
>>>> Where is the properties file going to reside and are we going
>>>> to support users updating this file themselves?
>>>>
>>>>