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# db-lib API Implementation Summary

Microsoft's version of db-lib is online. Sybase's is both online and can be downloaded as a PDF file. [1]

Table 11-1. db-lib API Implementation Summary

Category | Microsoft name | Sybase name | Status | Comments
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
(none) | n/a | db12hour |  |
(none) | n/a | dbaltbind_ps |  |
(none) | n/a | dbbind_ps |  |
(none) | n/a | dbbufsize |  |
(none) | n/a | dbcharsetconv |  |
(none) | n/a | dbcoltypeinfo | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbconvert_ps | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbfreesort | never |
(none) | n/a | dbfree_xlate | never |
(none) | n/a | dbgetcharset |  |
(none) | n/a | dbgetloginfo | never |
(none) | n/a | dbgetlusername |  |
(none) | n/a | dbgetnatlang |  |
(none) | n/a | DBIORDESC | OK |
(none) | n/a | DBIOWDESC | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbloadsort | never |
(none) | n/a | dbload_xlate | never |
(none) | n/a | dbnpcreate | never |
(none) | n/a | dbnpdefine | never |
(none) | n/a | dbpoll |  |
(none) | n/a | DBRBUF | never |
(none) | n/a | dbreadpage | never |
(none) | n/a | dbrecftos | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbrecvpassthru | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregdrop | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregexec | never |
(none) | n/a | dbreghandle | never |
(none) | n/a | dbreginit | never |
(none) | n/a | dbreglist | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregnowatch | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregparam | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregwatch | never |
(none) | n/a | dbregwatchlist | never |
(none) | n/a | dbrpwclr | never |
(none) | n/a | dbrpwset | never |
(none) | n/a | dbsafestr | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbsechandle |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsendpassthru | never |
(none) | n/a | dbsetbusy |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsetdefcharset |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsetdeflang |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsetidle |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsetifile | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbsetinterrupt | OK |
(none) | n/a | DBSETLCHARSET |  |
(none) | n/a | DBSETLENCRYPT |  |
(none) | n/a | dbsetloginfo | never |
(none) | n/a | dbsetrow | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbsetversion | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbspr1row | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbspr1rowlen | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbsprhead | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbsprline | OK |
(none) | n/a | dbstrcmp | never |
(none) | n/a | dbstrsort | never |
(none) | n/a | dbtextsize |  |
(none) | n/a | dbwritepage | never |
(none) | n/a | dbxlate | never |
bcp | bcp_batch | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_bind | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_colfmt | (same) | OK |
bcp | n/a | bcp_colfmt_ps |  |
bcp | bcp_collen | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_colptr | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_columns | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_control | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_done | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_exec | (same) | OK |
bcp | n/a | bcp_getl | OK |
bcp | bcp_init | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_moretext | (same) | stub |
bcp | n/a | bcp_options | partial |
bcp | bcp_readfmt | (same) | OK |
bcp | bcp_sendrow | (same) | OK |
bcp | BCP_SETL | (same) | OK |
browse | dbcolbrowse | n/a | never |
browse | dbcolsource | n/a | never |
browse | dbfreequal | n/a | never |
browse | dbqual | n/a | never |
browse | dbtabbrowse | n/a | never |
browse | dbtabcount | n/a | never |
browse | dbtabname | n/a | never |
browse | dbtabsource | n/a | never |
browse | dbtsnewlen | n/a | never |
browse | dbtsnewval | n/a | never |
browse | dbtsput | n/a | never |
core | dbadata | (same) | OK |
core | dbadlen | (same) | OK |
core | dbaltbind | (same) | OK |
core | dbaltcolid | (same) | OK |
core | dbaltlen | (same) | OK |
core | dbaltop | (same) | OK |
core | dbalttype | (same) | OK |
core | dbaltutype | (same) | OK |
core | dbanullbind | (same) | OK |
core | dbbind | (same) | OK |
core | dbbylist | (same) | OK |
core | dbcancel | (same) | OK |
core | dbcanquery | (same) | OK |
core | dbchange | (same) | OK |
core | dbclose | (same) | OK |
core | dbclrbuf | (same) | OK |
core | dbclropt | (same) | partial |
core | dbcmd | (same) | OK |
core | dbcmdrow | DBCMDROW | OK |
core | dbcolinfo | n/a | OK |
core | dbcollen | (same) | OK |
core | dbcolname | (same) | OK |
core | dbcoltype | (same) | OK |
core | dbcolutype | (same) | OK |
core | dbconvert | (same) | OK |
core | dbcount | DBCOUNT | OK |
core | dbcurcmd | DBCURCMD | stub |
core | dbcurrow | DBCURROW | stub |
core | dbdata | (same) | OK |
core | dbdataready | n/a |  |
core | dbdatecrack | (same) | OK |
core | dbdatlen | (same) | OK |
core | dbdead | DBDEAD | OK |
core | dbenlisttrans | n/a | never |
core | dbenlistxatrans | n/a | never |
core | dberrhandle | (same) | OK |
core | dbexit | (same) | OK |
core | dbfcmd | (same) | OK |
core | dbfirstrow | DBFIRSTROW | OK |
core | dbfreebuf | (same) | OK |
core | dbgetchar | (same) | OK |
core | dbgetmaxprocs | (same) | OK |
core | dbgetoff | (same) | never |
core | dbgetpacket | (same) | OK |
core | dbgetrow | (same) | OK |
core | dbgettime | DBGETTIME | OK |
core | dbgetuserdata | (same) | OK |
core | dbinit | (same) | OK |
core | dbisavail | DBISAVAIL | OK |
core | dbiscount | n/a | never |
core | dbisopt | (same) | partial |
core | dblastrow | DBLASTROW | OK |
core | dblogin | (same) | OK |
core | dbfreelogin | dbloginfree | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4add | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4cmp | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4copy | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4divide | stub |
money | n/a | dbmny4minus | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4mul | stub |
money | n/a | dbmny4sub | OK |
money | n/a | dbmny4zero | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnyadd | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnycmp | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnycopy | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnydec | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnydivide | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnydown | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnyinc | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnyinit | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnymaxneg | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnymaxpos | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnyminus | OK |
money | n/a | dbmnymul | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnyndigit | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnyscale | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnysub | stub |
money | n/a | dbmnyzero | OK |
core | dbmorecmds | DBMORECMDS | OK |
core | dbmsghandle | (same) | OK |
core | dbname | (same) | OK |
core | dbnextrow | (same) | OK |
core | dbnullbind | (same) | OK |
core | dbnumalts | (same) | OK |
core | dbnumcols | (same) | OK |
core | dbnumcompute | (same) | OK |
core | dbnumorders | DBNUMORDERS | never |
core | dbopen | (same) | OK |
core | dbordercol | (same) | never |
core | dbprhead | (same) | OK |
core | dbprocerrhandle | n/a | never |
core | dbprocinfo | n/a | never |
core | dbprocmsghandle | n/a | never |
core | dbprrow | (same) | OK |
core | dbprtype | (same) | OK |
core | dbresults | (same) | OK |
core | dbrows | DBROWS | OK |
core | dbrowtype | DBROWTYPE | OK |
core | n/a | dbservcharset | OK |
core | dbserverenum | n/a | never |
core | dbsetavail | (same) | OK |
core | dbsetlapp | DBSETLAPP | OK |
core | dbsetlfallback | n/a | never |
core | dbsetlhost | DBSETLHOST | OK |
core | dbsetlnatlang | DBSETLNATLANG | OK |
core | dbsetlogintime | (same) | OK |
core | dbsetlpacket | DBSETLPACKET | OK |
core | dbsetlpwd | DBSETLPWD | OK |
core | dbsetlsecure | n/a |  |
core | dbsetltime | n/a |  |
core | dbsetluser | DBSETLUSER | OK |
core | dbsetlversion | n/a | OK |
core | dbsetmaxprocs | (same) | OK |
core | dbsetnull | (same) | OK |
core | dbsetopt | (same) | partial |
core | dbsettime | (same) | OK |
core | dbsetuserdata | (same) | OK |
core | n/a | dbspid | OK |
core | dbsqlexec | (same) | OK |
core | dbsqlok | (same) | OK |
core | dbsqlsend | (same) | OK |
core | n/a | dbstrbuild | OK |
core | dbstrcpy | (same) | OK |
core | dbstrlen | (same) | OK |
core | n/a | DBTDS | OK |
core | dbuse | (same) | OK |
core | dbvarylen | (same) | OK |
core | n/a | dbversion | OK |
core | dbwillconvert | (same) | OK |
core | dbwinexit (Windows only) | n/a | never |
cursor | dbcursor | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorbind | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorclose | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorcolinfo | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorfetch | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorfetchex | n/a | never |
cursor | dbcursorinfo | (same) | never |
cursor | dbcursorinfoex | n/a | never |
cursor | dbcursoropen | (same) | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdate4cmp | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdate4zero | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdatechar | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdatecmp | OK |
datetime | n/a | dbdatename | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdateorder | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdatepart | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdatezero | never |
datetime | n/a | dbdayname | never |
datetime | n/a | dbmonthname | OK |
procedure | dbhasretstat | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbnumrets | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbretdata | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbretlen | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbretname | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbretstatus | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbrettype | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbrpcexec | n/a |  |
procedure | dbrpcinit | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbrpcparam | (same) | OK |
procedure | dbrpcsend | (same) | OK |
text | dbmoretext | (same) | OK |
text | dbreadtext | (same) | OK |
text | dbtxptr | (same) | OK |
text | dbtxtimestamp | (same) | OK |
text | dbtxtsnewval | (same) |  |
text | dbtxtsput | (same) |  |
text | dbupdatetext | n/a |  |
text | dbwritetext | (same) | OK |

### Notes

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