[FreeTDS]
Description = TDS driver (Sysbase/MS SQL)
Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
Setup = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
UsageCount = 1

##</code><code>##

[SERVER]
Driver = FreeTDS
Description = ODBC connection via FreeTDS
ServerName = SERVER

##</code><code>##

# A typical Microsoft server
[SERVER]
        host = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        port = 1433
        tds version = 7.2


##</code><code>##

$ sudo TDSVER=7.2 osql -S SERVER -U devuser2 -P ZqZMNfVP
checking shared odbc libraries linked to isql for default directories...
	trying /usr ... no
	trying /loc ... no
	trying /tmp/sql.log ... no
	trying /home ... no
	trying /.odbc.ini ... no
	trying /usr/local/etc ... OK
checking odbc.ini files
	reading /home/perlzuser/.odbc.ini
[SERVER] not found in /home/perlzuser/.odbc.ini
	reading /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
[SERVER] found in /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
found this section:
	[SERVER]
	Driver = FreeTDS
	Description = ODBC connection via FreeTDS
	ServerName = SERVER 
	
looking for driver for DSN [SERVER] in /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini
  found driver line: "	Driver = FreeTDS"
  driver "FreeTDS" found for [SERVER] in odbc.ini
found driver named "FreeTDS"
"FreeTDS" is not an executable file
looking for entry named [FreeTDS] in /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini
  found driver line: "	Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so"
  found driver /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so for [FreeTDS] in odbcinst.ini
/usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so is an executable file
Using ODBC-Combined strategy
DSN [SERVER] has servername "" (from /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini)