Re: Create a shell to get data from SQL Server using FreeTDS

"James K. Lowden" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.tds.freetds
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your answer. 

You're welcome!  :-)

> Now I try this:
> 
> osql -S server_def -U user -P password
> 
> and the result is:
> 
> osql: error: no "isql" command found.  Is unixODBC installed?
> 
> I need install unixODBC or not to access SQL Server using FreeTDS?

http://www.freetds.org/userguide/usefreetds.htm

You don't need ODBC at all.  Most of the utilities mentioned on the
above-linked page do not use the ODBC driver.  

Each utility has its own man page.  Spend a little time reading them.  I
think you'll find fisql, bsqldb, and freebcp helpful.  

HTH.  

--jkl
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