FreeTDS Development Group

["Gau, Terry" <tgau AT rand.org>]

Hi,
I am new to FreeTDS and unixODBC, so please excuse my likely naive posting.  
I find lots of similar postings on google, but can't seem to find the 
solution for me.
My ultimate goal is to connect to SQLServer  from Oracle using Generic 
Connectivity.  

Facts:
------------------------
Solaris 5.8
freetds-0.63
unixODBC-2.2.11
Oracle 8.1.7.4
SQLServer 2000 (domain login) (located in Europe)

Configuration Files:
---------------------------
$ odbcinst -j
unixODBC 2.2.11
DRIVERS............: /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini
SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
USER DATA SOURCES..: /usr/local/lib/libodbc.so

$ cat odbcinst.ini
[FreeTDS]
Description             = v0.63 with protocol v8.0
Driver          = /usr/local/lib/libodbc.so
UsageCount              = 1

[ODBC]
Tracefile = /tmp/odbc.log
Trace = Yes

This freetds.conf file has been cleaned up considerable in an attempt to 
simplify things for me.
$ cat freetds.conf
[global]
        # TDS protocol version
        tds version = 8.0

[re_data_warehouse]
host          = re-navi-test.fakedomainname
database        = re_data_warehouse
port            = 1433

$ cat .odbc.ini
[ODBC Data Sources]
FreeTDS
ODBC
re_data_warehouse

[FreeTDS]
Description             = v0.63 with protocol v8.0
Driver          = /usr/local/lib/libodbc.so
UsageCount              = 1

[ODBC]
Tracefile               = /tmp/odbc.log
Trace           = Yes

[re_data_warehouse]
Description     = MS SQLServer
Server          = re-navi-test.fakedomainname
Database        = re_data_warehouse
Port            = 1433
TDS_Version     = 8.0

Behavior:
----------------------------------
I am able to connect to SQLServer and run sql queries using both methods of 
tsql (-H and -S).  

isql fails with...
$ isql -v re_data_warehouse
[IM002][unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default 
driver specified
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect

I get the isql errors regardless of if  Driver is set to 
/usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so (as installed) or set to 
/usr/local/lib/libodbc.so.

I now get the same messages when attempting to connect from Oracle through a 
database link after changing init.ora variable HS_FDS_SHAREABLE_NAME from 
/usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so to /usr/local/lib/libodbc.so.  I get library 
errors when using libtdsodbc.so.   I suspect that once I fix isql, Oracle 
Generic Connectivity should work.

ODBC Trace Output:
------------------------------
$ cat odbc.log
[ODBC][28232][__handles.c][444]
                Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
                        Environment = 1dc8d0
[ODBC][28232][SQLAllocHandle.c][345]
                Entry:
                        Handle Type = 2
                        Input Handle = 1dc8d0
[ODBC][28232][SQLAllocHandle.c][463]
                Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
                        Output Handle = 1dce68
[ODBC][28232][SQLDriverConnect.c][678]
                Entry:
                        Connection = 1dce68
                        Window Hdl = 0
                        Str In = 
[DSN=re_data_warehouse;UID=FAKEDOMAIN\bcamgr;PWD=*********][length = 51 
(SQL_NTS)]
                        Str Out = ffbed7bc
                        Str Out Max = 1020
                        Str Out Ptr = ffbed7ba
                        Completion = 0
[ODBC][28232][SQLDriverConnect.c][1085]Error: IM002
[ODBC][28232][SQLError.c][424]
                Entry:
                        Connection = 1dce68
                        SQLState = ffbed72c
                        Native = ffbed120
                        Message Text = ffbed528
                        Buffer Length = 511
                        Text Len Ptr = ffbed526
[ODBC][28232][SQLError.c][461]
                Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
                        SQLState = IM002
                        Native = ffbed120 -> 0
                        Message Text = [[unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source 
name not found, and no default driver specified]

Naive Summary:
------------------------
It looks to me like the driver/library file isn't looking for odbc.ini or 
freetds.ini files.  My intention is to use the ODBC only configuration, but I 
honestly can't determine how to force that.

TIA for any and all feedback.

Terry

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