FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

> From: Lyons, Andrew Myers
> Sent: June 16, 2004 6:15 PM
> 
> I am able to connect, do queries etc using tsql:
> 
> tsql -SSIMONDEVEL -U[username] -P[password]
...
> But when I try to use isql, or the unixODBC DataManager, or mxODBC 
> etc. I get the following error:
> 
> isql -v SIMONDEVEL [username]
> 
> [S1000][unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unable to connect to data 
> source [ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
...
> TDSDUMPCONFIG gives me the following information when i try to make 
> a connection using any of those 3 ways:
> 
> Starting log file for FreeTDS 0.62.4
...
> 15:00:35.328471 Server SYBASE not found!

Welcome, Andrew.  

"Server SYBASE not found" is our classic (albeit obscure) message indicating 
that FreeTDS failed to locate the server by the name you indicated.  

Your odbc.ini uses "Server", the value of which is the DNS name (or ip 
address) of the machine hosting the database.  That's an ODBC-only setup, 
meaning the FreeTDS ODBC driver won't consult freetds.conf.  You must fully 
describe the server in odbc.ini.  You're missing port and TDS version.  

Alternatively, use "Servername = SIMONDEVEL" instead.  

You clearly studied the UG, and you're not the first person to get tripped up 
by this.  If you can suggest some way to make them  clearer, please do.  

Regards, 

--jkl

> my freetds.conf file:
> [global]
>       tds version = 8.0
> 
> [SIMONDEVEL]
>       host = 192.168.1.100
>       port = 1433
>       tds version = 8.0
> 
> my odbc.ini file:
> [SIMONDEVEL]
> Driver          = TDS
> Description     = SIMON development server MS SQL 2000
> Trace           = No
> Server        = 192.168.1.100
> Database        = SIMONPHYS
> 
> my odbcinst.ini file:
> [TDS]
> Description           = v0.62 TDS version 8.0
> Driver                = /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so
> Setup         = /usr/local/lib/libtdsS.so
> FileUsage             = 1
> 
> all three are located in /usr/local/etc/, which is where the 
> environment
> variable FREETDS points to.
> 
> all the information in ODBCConfig seems to be correct as well.
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer for my 
> problem.
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> Lyons, Andrew Myers
> Vanderbilt University
> Email: andrew.m.lyons AT Vanderbilt.Edu
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