Capture TDS Communication

TDS is the Sybase-proprietary protocol for handling communication between a client application and Adaptive Server.

jConnect includes a PROTOCOL_CAPTURE connection property that allows you to capture raw TDS packets to a file.

If you are having problems with an application that you cannot resolve within either the application or the server, use PROTOCOL_CAPTURE to capture the communication between the client and the server in a file. You can then send the file, which contains binary data and is not directly interpretable, to Sybase Technical Support for analysis.

Note: The captured TDS protocol data saved to a file contains sensitive user authentication information and may contain confidential company or customer data. To protect this confidential data from unauthorized or accidental disclosure, use file permissions or encryption to properly protect the files containing captured data.

PROTOCOL_CAPTURE Connection Property
Use the PROTOCOL_CAPTURE connection property to specify a file for receiving the TDS packets exchanged between an application and an Adaptive Server.
Pause and Resume Methods in Capture Class
The Capture class is in the com.sybase.jdbcx package, and contains pause and resume methods.

Parent topic: Troubleshooting