FreeTDS Development Group

["Bradley Bell" <bradleyb AT u.washington.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: freetds-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:freetds-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Miller, Ben
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 1:26 PM
> To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [freetds] php4/freetds on debian woody
>
>
> Hi guys, webpage pointed me here for support so here goes:
>
> got an mssql box i need to access through php4.  I'm having a
> hard time finding configuration information on this.  I get the
> impression that the debian packages I used for php4 / php4-sybase
> / freetds dont quite mesh.
>
> I setup freetds.conf and am able to connect to the database w/
> sqsh however php4 generates:
>
> Warning: Sybase: Unable to connect in
> /home/www/html/db/inc/test.php on line 5
>
> Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid Sybase-Link resource in
> /home/www/html/db/inc/test.php on line 7
>
> The php package was setup with:  --with-sybase-ct=shared,/usr
>
> freetds is in /usr/share/freetds, libs in /usr/lib
>
> I do have to specify -I /etc/freetds/freetds.conf with sqsh, I
> assume I have to get php to see this as well but its not apparent
> how to do this.

You shouldn't have to use that with sqsh.  freetds.conf and the interfaces
file are not the same thing.  Do you have an interfaces file in
/etc/freetds?  If so you should delete it, and use only freetds.conf.

I've been using php4-sybase on debian for a long time, and it works great.

-brad