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- SQL Sniffer Sample 1/11/94
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- NOTE: For pricing and other information, please feel free to contact us
- Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm PST or call or BBS at (818) 343-8433.
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- This diskette contains a sample version of the SQL Sniffer application from
- Blue Lagoon Software. This application is designed to assist developers in
- developing Windows based front-ends to Microsoft or Sybase SQL Server.
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- All applications which act as SQL Server front-ends communicate with SQL
- Server through a dynamic link library called W3DBLIB.DLL. Although develop-
- ment environments such as Visual Basic and Power Builder allow the programmer
- to code to a higher level SQL API, these APIs in turn call functions in
- W3DBLIB.DLL. The purpose of this utility is to SNIFF the most commonly
- used dbLib functions and provide feedback to you the programmer so you can
- quickly find your programming errors.
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- Lets assume that you have created a LOGIN dialog box which contains entry-
- fields for the server, username, and password which is not functioning
- properly. When the user presses the OK pushbutton, the LOGIN API for your
- programming environment is called and it returns a failed error code. Rather
- than loading up your code, you can simply run the SQL Sniffer and it will
- show you exactly what was sent to SQL Server and what the return VALUE from
- SQL Server was! You may find out that you have been converting the password
- to uppercase all along when SQL Server expects an upper and lower case mix.
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- This is a very crude example of what you can do with the SQL Sniffer, this is
- why we have made a sample version available which hooks a small handful of
- _dbLib functions. We hope this will give you an idea of what you can
- accomplish with the RETAIL version and you will give us a call and order
- a copy today. We have even included the product's help file to explain
- how to use the SAMPLE.
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- Included in this ZIP archive are the files needed to install and execute
- the sample version of SQL Sniffer, this readme file, and a Word for Windows V2.0
- version of the SQL Sniffer product information document.
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- We hope you enjoy the SAMPLE program.
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- Sincerely,
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- David L. Cherin
- Developer Relations
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- Blue Lagoon Software
- Main: (818) 807-2785
- Fax: (818) 345-8905
- BBS: (818) 343-8433
- CSERV: 70152,1601
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