FreeTDS Development Group

[Robert Gonzalez <robert AT robert-gonzalez.com>]

What flavor of linux are you using? I needed the same thing. The links I
posted are what I went through to make that happen on (first) Fedora then
more recently on Ubuntu 8.10

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Gopalakrishnan A.N <saigop AT gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>  Actually what is the difference between UnixODBC and FreeTDS. My concern
> is I need to connect my linux machine with SQL server 2000. So I need to
> use
> UnixODBC or FreeTDS? Please suggest me.
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Robert Gonzalez <
> robert AT robert-gonzalez.com> wrote:
>
> > I don;t think I am using UnixODBC. I am using FreeTDS 0.82 and SQL Server
> > 2003.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Gopalakrishnan A.N <saigop AT gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >   Can you please let me know what version of UnixODBC, FreeTDS and SQL
> > > server you are using. I am using UnixODBC 2.2.12 ,FreeTDS 0.82 and SQL
> > > server 2000 enterprise edition.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Robert Gonzalez <
> > > robert AT robert-gonzalez.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sorry, I should have said this before... what is the path to your
> > > > freetds.conf? On Fedora/RedHat linux it is usually /etc/freetds.conf
> > and
> > > on
> > > > Ubuntu/Debian it is /etc/freetds/freetds.conf
> > > >
> > > > Of course these paths could be based on FreeTDS versions, but I just
> > know
> > > > what I went through recently. I got the exact same error you got and
> > > fixed
> > > > it by exporting FREETDSCONF equal to the path to the FreeTDS conf
> file.
> > > >
> > > > Also make sure your freetds conf file is set up properly. No matter
> how
> > > > hard
> > > > I tried to connect by host name and port i was never able to do that
> on
> > > > both
> > > > Fedora and Ubuntu. It was only after I made an entry in the
> > freetds.conf
> > > > and
> > > > tried to connect with the servername alias that it would connect.
> > > >
> > > > Here are a few links for what I have done to make it work on both
> > Ubuntu
> > > > and
> > > > Fedora:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.robert-gonzalez.com/2009/02/18/building-the-php-ms-sql-server-extension-from-source-on-ubuntu-810/
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.robert-gonzalez.com/2008/03/31/connecting-php-on-linux-to-mssql-on-windows/
> > > >
> > > > Both of those are specifically geared toward getting PHP to talk to
> SQL
> > > > Server using its own extension. However in order to do that you have
> to
> > > be
> > > > able to use tsql at the command line. In both cases I was able to get
> > > tsql
> > > > to connect.
> > > >
> > > > HTH, this is not really a strong suit of mine but I know it is very
> > > > frustrating when it doesn't work like you expect it to. ;)
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Gopalakrishnan A.N <
> saigop AT gmail.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Robert,
> > > > >  Thanks for your suggestion. I tried like this to set the
> environment
> > > > > variable export
> > FREETDSCONF=/usr/local/freetds-0.82/freetds.conf:$PATH
> > > > >
> > > > > and tried to connect with tsql
> > > > > [root@localhost freetds-0.82]# tsql -H 172.20.182.10 -p 1433 -U
> cims
> > > -P
> > > > > $ql$wtcintra08 -D cims
> > > > > locale is "C"
> > > > > locale charset is "ANSI_X3.4-1968"
> > > > > Msg 20017, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
> > > > > Unexpected EOF from the server
> > > > > Msg 20002, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
> > > > > Adaptive Server connection failed
> > > > > There was a problem connecting to the server
> > > > > [root@localhost freetds-0.82]#
> > > > >
> > > > > I faced the adaptive server connection. How to go ahead from this
> > > stage?
> > > > > please assist me. thanks in advance
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Robert Gonzalez <
> > > > > robert AT robert-gonzalez.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have the FREETDSCONF environment variable set? I ran into
> > this
> > > a
> > > > > few
> > > > > > weeks ago and after adding a
> FREETDSCONF=/etc/freetds/freetds.conf
> > > > > variable
> > > > > > it began to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Gopalakrishnan A.N <
> > > saigop AT gmail.com
> > > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi James,
> > > > > > >  Again I am getting like this error when I try to use
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [root@localhost ~]# tsql -S 172.20.182.10 -p 1433 -U cims -P
> > > > > > > $ql$wtcintra08
> > > > > > > -D cims
> > > > > > > locale is "C"
> > > > > > > locale charset is "ANSI_X3.4-1968"
> > > > > > > Msg 20009, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
> > > > > > > Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not
> > exist
> > > > > > > There was a problem connecting to the server
> > > > > > > [root@localhost ~]#
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > what could be the reason? I have changed the servername too.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:27 PM, James K. Lowden <
> > > > jklowden AT freetds.org
> > > > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Gopalakrishnan A.N wrote:
> > > > > > > > > I am trying to connect MS SQL server, but it gets fails
> with
> > > SQL
> > > > > > > connect
> > > > > > > > > error. ... I am attaching my
> > > > > > > > > freetds.conf, odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Servername            = 172.20.182.10
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > should be
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Servername              = egServer70
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The ODBC Servername connection property refers to a name in
> > > > > > freetds.conf.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > (The osql script is intended to report mistakes like this.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > HTH.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --jkl
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Thank you  with regards,
> > > > > > > Gopal,
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