Having Troubles with UnixODBC, FreeTDS, and PyODBC

Question

I am having great difficulty getting all three of these to work together in harmony. I guess I\'ll list all the various configurations, along with the test code to see if a

Answer 1

I connect to various databases via PHP using UnixODBC, here is my configuration for a Microsoft SQL Server:

/etc/odbc.ini

# Define a connection to a Microsoft SQL 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                = XXXXXX
ServerName              = MSSQL
TDS_Version             = 8.0

/etc/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

/etc/freetds/freetds.conf

# The basics for defining a DSN (Data Source Name)
# [data_source_name]
#       host = <hostname or IP address>
#       port = <port number to connect to - probably 1433>
#       tds version = <TDS version to use - probably 8.0>

# Define a connection to the Microsoft SQL Server
[mssql]
        host = XXXXXX
        port = 1433
        tds version = 8.0

Then test your connection:

isql mssql username password

Depending on your environment your username might have to be in the format: domain\username

After issuing the command you should see something like:

+---------------------------------------+
| Connected!                            |
|                                       |
| sql-statement                         |
| help [tablename]                      |
| quit                                  |
|                                       |
+---------------------------------------+
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