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How to connect to a SQL Server using FreeTDS?
If you’re trying to connect to an SQL Server on your network, fred.example.com, you can create an alias for it in freetds.conf: The [fred] alias is not case-sensitive. TSQL can connect to it with any of the following: and so on.
Why is FreeTDS not using its config.conf?
I had set “TDS version” in freetds.conf but it was not being used in my ODBC connection. After reading the freetds source code (connectparams.c:odbc_parse_connect_string) I discovered that: odbcinst.ini is a red herring. FreeTDS never checks that for settings. The settings you specify in the connection string are always respected.
How to connect with FreeTDS using SQLAlchemy?
Internally “my.db.server:1433” is passed as part of a connection string like SERVER=my.db.server:1433;. Unfortunately unixODBC/FreeTDS won’t accept a port in the SERVER bit. Instead it wants SERVER=my.db.server;PORT=1433;
Do you need to change the TDs version of FreeTDS?
My gut instinct is you need to change your tds version = 7.0 to tds version = 8.0 in your freetds.conf and odbc.ini files AND you need something in your odbcinst.ini file. Here’s what I’ve got working on an Ubuntu 12.04 server talking to a remote MSSQL server: # Define a connection to the MSSQL server.
How to check if FreeTDS is working in ODBC?
… and so on. Once you’ve established that FreeTDS is working you can move on to ODBC. You can check ODBC’s view of the world with: Start by editing the /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini file (which start out empty) and adding the following:
Where do I find the FreeTDS conf file?
This shows that the System-wide freetds.conf file will be at the path /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf, although you can have your own user-specific version at ~/.freetds.conf. If you’re trying to connect to an SQL Server on your network, fred.example.com, you can create an alias for it in freetds.conf: