Re: DBD::Sybase placeholder support

Dan Wierenga wrote:
> > If you send me a TDSDUMP log, I hope I'd be able to tell you how it
> > works.
> 
> Script and log attached.

Another surprise: that's a TDS 4.2 log.  Does it also work with TDS 7.0?  

As to why it works, all I can say is that ct_dynamic was added in 2005 and
reworked somewhat in 2006.  Placeholder support is entirely client-side in
4.2; the query is sent interpolated to the server:

net.c:673:Sending packet
0000 01 01 00 2f 00 00 00 00-53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 62 |.../.... SELECT b|
0010 61 72 20 46 52 4f 4d 20-64 61 6e 6f 20 57 48 45 |ar FROM  dano WHE|
0020 52 45 20 66 6f 6f 20 3d-20 27 6f 69 6e 6b 27    |RE foo =  'oink'|

The client isn't getting any server-side benefit; the server isn't
preparing and caching a query plan.  Any benefit is limited to programming
style.  

With TDS 7.0, we use Microsoft's secret stored procedures e.g.
sp_executesql. That's what I think doesn't work with ct-lib.  But I'm
happy to be proved wrong!  

Frediano, do we have any documentation -- ours or Microsoft's -- on
sp_prepare, sp_executesql, etc.?  We should add it to tds.html.  

--jkl