nordseth / TdsClient

Dotnet Core TDS client for for Sybase/SAP ASE

.Net Core database client for Sybase/SAP ASE with Tds protocol

Inspired by and partly based on jTDS.

Features

• Intended for use with Dapper or ADONET and Sybase/SAP ASE
• No cursor, data table or browse support
• Support for language commands with parameters

Usage

1. Add nuget package
2. Configure a connection string. Example "Data Source=192.168.0.25;Port=5000;User=sa;Pass=password;db=pubs2"
3. Create a connectin new TdsConnection(connectionString, null) (logging is optional)
4. Open, use and dispose the connection. See tests for samples

Connection string format

The connection string is a pair of parameter and value seperated by "=". The pairs are concatiated, seperated by ";".

Example parameter1=value1;parameter2=value2 There are no escape characters, tho a value can contain an "=". Parameter names are case insensitive. Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed from parameter name. Only leading whitespace is trimmed from value.

Parameter	Default	Description	Alias
Data Source		Network address of database server	Server, Address, ServerHostname, Hostname
Port	5000	Tcp port
ClientHostname	MachineName	Sent to server on connect
Username			usr, uid, user
Password			pwd, pass
Initial Catalog			Database, DB, Catalog
ProcessId	Current process ID	Sent to server on connect	pid
AppliactionName	Current process name	Sent to server on connect	Appliaction, app
ServerName	set to "Data Source"	Sent to server on connect
Language	(blank)	Database language	lang
Charset	iso_1	char set to use with connection

Missing features and limitations

Limitations (Comming soon)

• Not all datatypes supported for reading and writing
• No support for output params
• Support for long string and binary datatypes limited
• Needs more tests

Features comming later (0.2.0?)

• Connection and command timeout handling
• Connection pooling
• Better error handling

Not planned features

• EF Core support