FreeTDS Development Group

[Sven Köhler <skoehler AT upb.de>]

> > Do i need a freetds.conf when using ODBC?
>
> Yes.  Stay tuned for further developments.  :)

i'll surely do :-)

> > Any option which applies to a server should be abled to be within the 
> > ODBC-DSN.
>
> I don't understand, sorry.  

this thread is about DSNless connecting.
what i was looking for was also freetds.conf'less connecting.


Example 3-1. A freetds.conf file example

[global]
        tds version = 4.2

[myserver]
        host = ntbox.mydomain.com
        port = 1433

[myserver2]
        host = unixbox.mydomain.com
        port = 4000
        tds version = 5.0

this is from you online-manual.
what about an odbc-dsn looking like this:

[myserver]
  Description=A DSN working without the freetds.conf
  Host=ntbox.foo.com
  Port=1433
  TDS_Version=7.0
  Database=testdb
  UID=test
  PWD=test

when i understood everything right, the Servername-parameter in an 
ODBC-DSN only points at the entry within the freetds.conf - why???
why aren't you using the above to make the odbc-interface independent 
from freetds.conf (because ODBC already partly does what the 
freetds.conf does: offer a central point for databse-config)