FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Brian Paquin wrote:
> 
> Thanks for replying to the message, but I am afraid tsql is
> still using iso646...

tsql is simply reporting your environment, cf. locale(1).  Nothing you do
in freetds.conf (or locales.conf) affects your locale settings, so the
tsql output won't change.  

> A locales.conf file (default) is present in /usr/local/etc/.
> Modifying freetds.conf to add:
> client charset = ISO-8859-1   or
> client charset = ISO_1
> have not made a difference.

locales.conf is more or less a failed experiment.  You want to set the
client charset in freetds.conf.  Check the UG for syntax.  

> Enabling logging in freetds.conf, I can see that FreeTDS is
> sending requests for iso646...

Right.  If the above instructions don't help, please post the first 10 or
so lines of the TDSDUMP log.  

HTH.  

--jkl


> 
> On May 21, 2007, at 10:07 PM, James K. Lowden wrote:
> 
> >> From: Brian Paquin
> >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:59 PM
> >>
> >> I have installed FreeTDS 0.64 (/usr/local/) on a Mac 10.4.8 Server  
> >> box,
> >> and configured freetds.conf (/usr/local/etc/) to add entries for our
> >> Sybase 12.5 servers (using TDS protocol 5.0).
> >>
> >> When using tsql to establish a connection, I see:
> >> -------
> >> intranet:/usr/local/bin user$ ./tsql -SPROD -Ujohn -Psmith
> >> locale is "C"
> >> locale charset is "US-ASCII"
> >> Msg 2409, Level 11, State 2, Server rs6000_prd, Line 0
> >> Cannot find the requested character set in Syscharsets:  name =
> >> 'iso646'.
> >>
> >> Msg 2411, Level 10, State 1, Server rs6000_prd, Line 0
> >> No conversions will be done.
> >>
> >> 1>
> >> ---------
> >> The database admin says the server uses "iso_1" (same as in
> >> locales.conf)
> >
> > I believe that because your locale is defined as "US-ASCII",  
> > FreeTDS is
> > requesting the Sybase server deliver its data as ASCII.  iso646 is
> > Sybase's name for ASCII, but apparently it's not installed on your  
> > system.
> >  Which isn't too surprising; iso_1 is a fine ASCII superset.
> >
> > You could set up your locale or simply put "client charset =  
> > ISO-8859-1"
> > in freetds.conf.  That should clear up the warning.  You can check  
> > the top
> > of the TDSDUMP log to make sure.
> >
> >> I can query the database at this point, but I can't connect to the
> >> database via PHP... and I'm concerned the character sets are the  
> >> reason.
> >
> > I doubt the charset issue would interfere with data delivery.  You  
> > just
> > get straight-though, unconverted character data, which is just fine  
> > for
> > English.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > --jkl
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> _________________________________________
> Brian T. Paquin, ACSA, ACHDS, ACTC, ACDT, ACPT
> Yale University
> Department of Pathology
> brian.paquin AT yale.edu
> (203) 785-3691
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