FreeTDS Development Group

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

Mike Johnston wrote:
> Is there a way to specify the server/port etc without having any entries
> in the freetds.conf file?

http://www.freetds.org/reference/a00286.html#ga23

Yes.  ct-lib and db-lib both end up calling the libtds function
parse_server_name_for_port().  

Use the "form server_hostname:port".  You don't need to provide the port
if you're using the default.  Remember that the TDS version is controlled
by the compiled-in default or the environment variable TDSVER. You can
also use TDSPORT.  

HTH.  

--jkl