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[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>]

2009/9/22 Hoellig, Peter <Peter.Hoellig AT trane.com>:
> Thanks for replying,
>
> I've now verified that I'm running 0.82 by removing the 0.64 files and 
> rebuilding and installing 0.82 again. So I'm definitely running that now. 
> I've also removed the PORT=1433 from the odbc.ini file.
>
> I figure that I should probably concentrate on getting ODBC only running 
> properly before I worry about whether or not I need combined. Reinstalling 
> did not change the inconsistent results problem. So I'm still able to isql 
> and running a query three times is going in patterns of correct results, 0 
> results, -1 results, repeat. I'm starting to run out of ideas, should I 
> start looking at unixODBC or is there something still suspect about my 
> setup? My odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini are as follows now:
>

At this time a TDSDUMP and some queries would be helpful. It would be
also useful a odbc trace (see
http://www.easysoft.com/support/kb/kb00945.html).


> odbc.ini
>
> [MSSQL]
> Description = database
> Driver = FreeTDS
> Server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\Instance
> DATABASE = GSETP
>
> odbcinst.ini
> [FreeTDS]
> Description       = v0.82 with protocol v8.0
> Driver            = /usr/lib/libtdsodbc.so.0
> UsageCount        = 2
>
> Thanks again.

it's ok. Personally I always use TDS_Version explicitly but this is
not a problem (I imagine you used configure option).

freddy77

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Frediano Ziglio
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:04 AM
> To: FreeTDS Development Group
> Subject: Re: [freetds] SQL Server 2005 64-bit Connection oddities
>
> 2009/9/16 Hoellig, Peter <Peter.Hoellig AT trane.com>:
>> Hello, I've recently set up a MS SQL Server 2005 64bit (Win Server 2003
>> 64bit) database and I'm trying to establish a connection to it using
>> FreeTDS (Fedora box) so that a Java app can pull information out of it.
>> I've had FreeTDS running properly with a SQL Server 2000 for quite some
>> time now and that still works fine. I've tried both ODBC-only and
>> ODBC-combined methods of connecting and they receive different results.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I set up ODBC-combined then I'm able to tsql connect, but I cannot
>> isql connect. If I try with -v then all it says is "Could not connect to
>> the datasource".
>>
>>
>>
>> If I set up ODBC-only then I am able to isql connect properly. However,
>> when running queries I receive a lot of SQLPrepare and SQLExecute errors
>> along with inconsistent result sets for the same query.
>>
>>
>
> Regarding connection probably there is a configuration problem.
> Regarding result problems the key is probably update. Either ODBC (the
> standard) and unixODBC had problems with 64-bit (and well.. even
> FreeTDS but with a 0.82 you shouldn't have any problems).
>
>>
>> When I started this I was running FreeTDS .64 (and the errors were
>> occurring) so I figured that it would be a good idea to update so I
>> downloaded and installed .82. There were no problems during
>> installation, but I wouldn't discount something odd happening with my
>> configuration because of that. I've pasted my freetds.conf, odbc.ini,
>> and odbcinst.ini below. It's currently setup so that I can isql MSSQL
>> and get the odd results that I explained above.
>>
>
> Assure you are using 0.82 and not the previous version.
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> odbc.ini
>>
>> [MSSQL]
>>
>> Description =  database
>>
>> Driver = FreeTDS
>>
>> Server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\Instance
>>
>> PORT = 1433
>>
>> DATABASE = GSETP
>>
>>
>
> Mm.... or server with instance or port, not both. Here you are not
> using freetds.conf (ODBC-only). I would add a TDS_Version entry.
>
>>
>> odbcinst.ini // looking at this is it possible I need to update the
>> driver separately from the program or something along those lines?
>>
>
> of course !
>
>> [FreeTDS]
>>
>> Description       = v0.63 with protocol v8.0
>>
>> Driver            = /usr/lib/libtdsodbc.so.0
>>
>> UsageCount        = 2
>>
>>
>
> /usr/lib/libtdsodbc.so.0 is our driver file.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> freetds.conf
>>
>> [global]
>>
>>        # TDS protocol version
>>
>> ;     tds version = 8.0
>>
>>
>>
>> ;     dump file = /tmp/freetds.log
>>
>> ;     debug flags = 0xffff
>>
>>
>>
>>      # Command and connection timeouts
>>
>> ;     timeout = 10
>>
>> ;     connect timeout = 10
>>
>>
>>
>>      text size = 64512
>>
>>
>>
>> [Test]
>>
>>      host = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>
>>      instance = Instance
>>
>>      tds version = 8.0
>>
>
> Not used by isql but by tsql
>
>
> bye
>  freddy77
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