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  • From: "Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>
  • To: "FreeTDS Development Group" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [freetds] Can connect with TDS, but not ODBC
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:24:24 -0500

> From: Casey Allen Shobe [mailto:cshobe AT osss.net]
> Sent: February 17, 2004 3:39 PM
>
> I can connect from perl using DBD::Sybase, and I can connect to a
> PostgreSQL database using either DBD::Pg -or- DBD::ODBC, so I
> know that
> UnixODBC is at least working to some extent. I've tried following the
> instructions on freetds.org to no avail.
...
> [root@core-devel root]# cat /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini
> [PostgreSQL]
> Driver = /usr/lib/libodbcpsql.so.2.0.0
> Setup = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
>
> [TDS]
> Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
> Setup = /usr/local/lib/liboplodbcS.so
>
> [root@core-devel root]# cat /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
> [ODBC Data Sources]
> smx_main = SMX Main Database
> adreports = AD Reports Database
...
> [adreports]
> Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
> Description = AD Reports Database
> Server = 172.16.0.216
^^^^^^^^^^^
May be OK, but I'd use the DNS name.
> Port = 1433
> TDS_Version = 8.0
> Database = adreports
> UID = sa
> Trace = No

freetds.conf won't be consulted, because you're using the "Server" attribute.


Does "tsql -H 172.16.0.216 -p 1433" (and providing the right
username+password) work?

What does unixODBC's isql report?

--jkl

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