Re: issue with DBI and MS SQL SERVER

[GotToBTru]

Perhaps Re: connect string for sybase might be of help here? Super Search is an excellent resource.

[DanBev]

Thank you for the reply. I've resolved my issue simply because I was working on wrong freetds.conf file

[Anonymous Monk]

Could you add another comment that explains the whole issue a bit more clearly, now that you completely understand it and have solved it? Writing for the next poor schleb who is banging their head against this ... and so that the rest of us know more about this slightly-arcane setup?

[DanBev]

yes, of course. The configuration file is in /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf (depends by version anyway). It's recommended to add an entry for your database connection, such this

[MY_DB_NAME]
host = 12.34.56.78
port = 1433
tds version = 7.0
database = my_database
user = my_user
password = my_password

You can configure all of this options or less. In MY_DB_NAME you create an alias for the configuration; in "host" you enter the db's ip and in "port" the used port (usually 1433 for MS SQL). In "database", if you need, you enter the start database, and you can also add values for "user" and "password". I've seen in various forums that the best working tds's version for MS SQL is 7.0, so it's recommended add the "tds version" value with "7.0" such in the example. After, you can recall this connection configuration simply by the alias, like this /usr/local/freetds/bin/tsql -S MY_DB_NAME. If you're missing the "user" and "password" values nevermind, you can always launch tsql in this way /usr/local/freetds/bin/tsql -S MY_DB_NAME -U my_user, and so on. I hope it's helpful.