FreeTDS Development Group

[Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo AT gmail.com>]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Paul Thurston <pthurston AT netegrate.com> 
wrote:
> Vinh:
>
> Try modifying your odbc.ini to include an entry of the form:
> Address=<Serve rip Address>
>
> It looks like you are trying to connect to an instance of SQL Server, so 
> the variable Server= should be set according to the odbc.ini documentation.
> Please review  http://www.freetds.org/userguide/odbcconnattr.htm when you 
> have a moment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

I tried putting Address=ip before (and now) and still get the same error.

You are correct that I am trying to connect to MS SQL Server.
According to the documentation you sent, the meaning of "Server" is:
        Hostname of a server. Used in an ODBC-only configuration. To specify
a Microsoft SQL Server instance, use the form server\instance.

I don't understand "server\instance".  I tried a combination of
servername/server/address, but no go.  Very odd to me.

Vinh