FreeTDS Development Group

[Matija Grabnar <matija.grabnar AT hermes-softlab.com>]

James K. Lowden wrote:
> DBD::Sybase passed the majority of the tests when you installed it?
>   
Yes.
> Export TDSDUMP, look at the log. At the very top it should confirm
> you're using the right version.  Later it should tell you how the
> connection attempt was made and what failed.  That will probably be enough
> to straighten things out.  
>
>   
Yes, it was. It turned out that after I installed freetds by hand (instead
from Debian package) I had two configuration files (one in /etc/freedts
and one in /usr/local/etc). Once I realized that, linked them to the 
same file, and made the appropriate changes to that, everything started 
working.

Then I went through it again with sqsh - installed from debian package,
saw it used the old libs, installed from source, and got it working.
> You didn't have to upgrade, you know (although it's just as well,
> support-wise).  You just had to ask your DBA what port your instance is
> running on, and set that correctly as a dataserver entry in freetds.conf. 
>
>   
Well, it's in my nature to try to solve the problem instead of using a 
workaround anyway. But also, in this particular case, solving the 
problem this way was quicker than it would be getting a response from my 
DBA ]:-)


Thanks again!