[freetds] Hmm...I cannot find an ODBC driver manager that I recognize.

JupiterHost.Net mlists at jupiterhost.net
Mon Feb 6 11:49:17 EST 2006



Ciaran Hamilton wrote:
> JupiterHost.Net wrote:
> 
>>Hmm...I cannot find an ODBC driver manager that I recognize.
>>...And I know about these drivers:
>>         Microsoft ODBC, adabas, easysoft, empress, esodbc, informix,
>>         intersolve, iodbc, sapdb, solid, udbc, unixodbc
>>root [~/DBD-ODBC-1.13]#
> 
> [...]
> 
>>I do have unixodbc installed and I saw a thread that seemed to indicate 
>>DBD::ODBC + freetds + unixodbc could be used together, is that what i 
>>need  to do? That is, build DBD::ODBC against unixodbc instead of 
>>freetds and use freetds's goods to connect() to MS SQL?
> 
> 
> Apologies if this sounds patronising - it's not meant to be - but have 

no worries, its the little things that trip you up and fresh can see the 
obviouse sometimes

> you tried make'ing with ODBCHOME="/usr"? Normally that's where unixODBC 
> is installed. Of course, if you know it's installed in /opt/ and not 
> /usr/ , then ignore this.

It is in /opt :) I sort of gave up on DBD::ODBC and went for DBD::Sybase



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