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[freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005

From: <apk AT blueyonder.co.uk>
To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0100

Hi,
using freetds version 0.82 on solaris 10. tsql fails to connect to sql server
named instances as they contain backslashes. Ie.
tsql -S'hostname\instancename' -U joe -P bloggs
A work around is to remove the backslash in freetds.conf. However, this
worked fine in freetds 0.62.4.

The only error is
'There was a problem connecting to the server'.

Its quite important that we maintain the exisiting functionality.

Has anyone else seen this and is there a solution that would avoid using an
unstable version?

[freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, apk, 10/23/2009
- Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005 [NC], Cedric ROUVRAIS, 10/23/2009
- Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, Frediano Ziglio, 10/23/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, apk, 10/23/2009
  - Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, jklowden, 10/23/2009
    - Re: [freetds] tsql msg error 20009, Tareq, 10/25/2009
      - Re: [freetds] tsql msg error 20009, Frediano Ziglio, 10/25/2009
        
        Re: [freetds] tsql msg error 20009, Tareq, 10/26/2009
    - Re: [freetds] tsql msg error 20009, Tareq, 10/25/2009
    - Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, Frediano Ziglio, 10/26/2009
      - Re: [freetds] Ms sql backslash in named instance 2005, James K. Lowden, 10/29/2009