At 12:23 AM 11-10-02 +0000, you wrote:

>Is there a spec for how to connect, run sql and get results by
>directly connecting to the database using TCP/IP?

Yes: it's called the API.

>I know that I could probably look at the ODBC or JDBC driver source
>but I was wondering if there is something more formal out there?
>
>I would like to avoid using gds32 if possible.

gds32 **is** the API and all of its call structures are documented in the
API Guide. Even embedded applications use the API (indirectly, by macro
calls). There is currently nothing open source that is lower-level than
the API - unless you want to grab the source code and roll your own
API; and/or look at qli.

heLen