Re: FreeTDS, unixODBC, SUSE Linux -- help!

Randy Syring <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.tds.freetds
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Todd,

I have found TDSDUMP and TDSDUMPCONFIG to be invaluable when 
troubleshooting connection issues:

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

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On 10/09/2012 06:11 PM, Todd Brush wrote:
> Unfortunately I see limited troubleshooting documentation related to my
> specific problem within the document you referenced. When I check externals
> sources, I find conflicting information, and references to various config
> files that reference each other. I do not understand why this is so
> convoluted!
>
> In testing, tsql works sometimes, and osql does not, then I change a
> configuration and test again, and not tsql does not work at ALL, and osql
> output is further along, but still not successful. Frustration.
>
>
> Please tell me what log files or config files I can send to shed light on
> where I am obviously going wrong. I am trying to connect from a SUSE Linux
> vm to MS SQL 2005 [Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.4060.00 (X64)   Mar 17
> 2011 13:06:52   Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation  Enterprise
> Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2]
>
> Again, using the (now expired) Easysoft driver, I was able to set this up
> in minutes and use their isql tool to run queries from a bash shell, from
> the exact same vm to the exact same sql server. The problem must lie within
> my freeTDS and or unixODBC configuration. It's not a network/protocol or
> credentials/permissions issue.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 2:04 PM, James K. Lowden <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:18:17 -0400
>> Todd Brush <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> #cat /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
>>> [NICKNAME]
>>> Driver=FreeTDS
>>> Description=mssql driver
>>> Server=hostname.dnssuffix.com
>>> Port=1433
>>> User=domain\username
>>> Password=password
>>> Database=DBNAME
>> http://www.freetds.org/userguide/odbcconnattr.htm
>>
>> Please read that document again.  Some of what is in your odbc.ini is
>> not read by the driver; extra entries are silently ignored.
>>
>> Remember that specifying "Server" (not "Servername) in odbc.ini lets
>> the driver connect without reference to freetds.conf.  osql will show
>> you that.
>>
>> I suspect what's missing is the TDS version.  You don't say how you
>> configured FreeTDS or what kind of server you're connecting to.  If you
>> didn't change the defaults and you're connecting to a Microsoft server,
>> it won't work!
>>
>> Two other tools at your disposal: osql and TDSDUMP.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> --jkl
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