Re: CS_SERVERADDR tag is not handled correctly in ct_con_props

On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:03:42 +0000
Frediano Ziglio <[email protected]> wrote:

> - should configuration NEVER be read if CS_SERVERADDR is used? Looking
> at libTDS code (tds_read_config_info) seems that an attempt to read
> configuration is always done, even for server:port syntax. However
> setting server_name to "" should cause only global section to be
> parsed.

ISTM the global section of freetds.conf should apply regardless.  

Global is global.  If you don't want a global setting, don't set it.
If you want to override it, use an environment variable.  

Another way to think about it: just because we don't need to use
freetds.conf to resolve a name for a particular host when an address is
provided doesn't imply that non-host (global) settings are invalid.  

The configuration establishment code was never my favorite.  Too much
logic for very little data.  It could use some TLC from someone with a
preference for table-driven design.  

HTH.  

--jkl