freeTDS not using its config

Question

I\'ve decided to use FreeTDS driver and unixODBC to manage the PDO connection between my LAMP-based app with a remote MsSQL database. unfortunately it appears that the drive

Answer 1

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:

freetds.conf

# Define a connection to the MSSQL server.
[mssql]
    host = myserver
    port = 1433
    tds version = 8.0

odbc.ini

# Define a connection to the MSSQL server.
# The Description can be whatever we want it to be.
# The Driver value must match what we have defined in /etc/odbcinst.ini
# The Database name must be the name of the database this connection will connect to.
# The ServerName is the name we defined in /etc/freetds/freetds.conf
# The TDS_Version should match what we defined in /etc/freetds/freetds.conf
[mssql]
Description             = MSSQL Server
Driver                  = freetds
Database                = MyDB
ServerName              = myserver
TDS_Version             = 8.0

odbcinst.ini

# Define where to find the driver for the Free TDS connections.
[freetds]
Description     = MS SQL database access with Free TDS
Driver          = /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
Setup           = /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsS.so
UsageCount      = 1