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[Perl_to_SQL_Server <JGrenetier AT hotmail.com>]

Thanks James, YTH Yes-this-helps, and a lot. Very thorough explanation.

Indeed a /usr/local/bin/tsql -C gave me:

                      iconv library: yes
                        TDS version: 7.1
                              iODBC: no
                           unixodbc: yes


I could then proceed successfully with unixODBC installation, and then 
finally 
with DBD::ODBC.

One part that remains unclear is the TDS versioning:
- I had 7.2 as the current version, from the freeTDS documentation
- but had to backtrack to 7.1 to avoid the installation falling back on 5.0
- From many external sites like the unixODBC's, there's an 8.0 version and 
documents or threads from back to year 2005 I think, and associated with 
older 
products like SQL Server 2000.