[freetds] Create a shell to get data from SQL Server using FreeTDS
James K. Lowden
jklowden at freetds.org
Wed Nov 12 16:28:59 EST 2008
dmarrer at bci.cl wrote:
>
> Thank you for your answer.
You're welcome! :-)
> Now I try this:
>
> osql -S server_def -U user -P password
>
> and the result is:
>
> osql: error: no "isql" command found. Is unixODBC installed?
>
> I need install unixODBC or not to access SQL Server using FreeTDS?
http://www.freetds.org/userguide/usefreetds.htm
You don't need ODBC at all. Most of the utilities mentioned on the
above-linked page do not use the ODBC driver.
Each utility has its own man page. Spend a little time reading them. I
think you'll find fisql, bsqldb, and freebcp helpful.
HTH.
--jkl
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