[Zope] Zope + Linux + Microsoft SQL Server7 ?

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Chris McDonough wrote
> No, unfortunately, it's not possible.  You can use the Sybase database
> adapter to talk to SQL Server 6.5 from Linux.  SQL Server 7 evidently
> has a different wire protocol which prevents it from working against the
> Sybase DA.  There is no ODBC support for Linux in Zope, and though there
> have been rumblings about getting such a thing going one way or another,
> nothing concrete has happened.

Not entirely true. You won't be able to use some SQL Server 7 features if
you use the Sybase adaptor, but the standard stuff should work fine.

Once freetds is thread safe, it should also be useful.

Anthony