[Bug 240519] Re: sybase_* functions missing in php5-sybase for hardy

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The common dependency of both sybase mad mssql Vendor Specific Database Extensions on FreetTDS libs  might be advantageous for the package developer or maintainer, but it  has disadvantages for the library users: 
- if I remove  the Sybase DB  Extension using synaptic, I also lose the MSSQL Server connectivity. 
- it is still confusing to be forced to connect to a sybase database using mssql_connect(), or to call a mssql server with sybase_connect() . - it took me some time to understand the whole issue. However it is next to impossible to communicate the situation to other web developers and new colleagues.

And what will happen if the FreeTDS developer(s) decided someday to drop
compatibility for one of the server types, or too fork development?

Instead of using freetds,  a linux user can still install the original C Client libraries from Sybase. As part of the ASE DB server developer trial-edition/expres-edition, these libraries are available for free but not as open-source from Sybase in 32bit and 64 bit versions.  
(The 32-bit header files are available also free of charge from Sybase, whereas the 64 bit versions  of the header files aren't. Here it is indeed an advantage to have a basic 64bit FreetTDS-based sybase client that works) 

Seems that I have to do my php with-sybase-ct development on a different
machine, than my unix box.

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sybase_* functions missing in php5-sybase for hardy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240519
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