No, they really aren't. If you have to use MS SQL Server in an "enterprise" environment, as is the case for me, the Sybase extension isn't up to the job. The mssql_* functions it provides are in fact aliases to sybase_* functions, and they don't behave in the same way as the true mssql_* functions, nor are they as reliable when used with MS SQL Server databases. I'm well aware that Sybase and MS SQL Server have the same heritage, but they have developed away from each other now.
I can understand how one might want to keep Ubuntu as free as possible from anything Microsoft, but that's not really very practical in a distribution that is trying to foster adoption in the "enterprise". It's not as if the distribution will be "dirty" if it includes a php5-mssql package. As soon as possible (although sadly we're talking years yet) my company will be moving away from using MS SQL Server, preferring Free/Open Source RDBMSs, but in the meantime it's very important that we have good performance from the correct drivers, not just a basic level of compatibility provided by something similar. Compilation of the real MS SQL Server extension is so easy, surely there's no good reason not to create the php5-mssql package? -- Please package php5-mssql https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
