Motion: Include MS SQL Server 2008 Native Driver in 5.2

[Umberto Nicoletti]

+1 for me too.
This plugin thing is indeed new to me too...

Umberto

On Nov 13, 2007 6:14 PM, Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> I guess I'm with Dan on this. Doesn't need to be a novel...
>
> Steve
>
> >>> On 11/13/2007 at 7:14 AM, in message <4739A344.8030001 at mapgears.com>, Daniel
>
> Morissette <dmorissette at MAPGEARS.COM> wrote:
> > Howard Butler wrote:
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I would like to motion to include a native driver for Microsoft SQL
> >> Server 2008 in time for the MapServer 5.2 release.  The driver was
> >> developed by I.S. Consulting, it exists (and would continue to) as a
> >> plugin, links against the ODBC libs, and is Windows-only (there's a
> >> chance it could be made to work elsewhere).  I will take responsibility
> >> for maintenance of the driver for the foreseeable future (patches
> >> graciously accepted, however :) ).
> >>
> >> For the corresponding MapServer 5.2 MS4W release, I expect that we will
> >
> > Personally I'd like to see a RFC for any new functionality. The RFCs are
> > not useful only for controversial changes, they are also useful to
> > document simple feature additions when we publish betas and new releases
> > (and when documentation lags behind).
> >
> > For instance, what does the connection string look like? Provide a few
> > examples of layer definitions. Are there restrictions on the supported
> > geometry types, MSSQL versions, projections, etc? Are there performance
> > issues to be aware of?
> >
> > I -0 on the proposal without RFC. (And would be +1 with a RFC.)
> >
> > Daniel
>