I used FreeTDS to connect to an MSSQL database. The documentation is available here.
The configuration file I use (slightly sanitized for obvious reasons) is here:
# $Id: freetds.conf,v 1.12 2007/12/25 06:02:36 jklowden Exp $
#
# This file is installed by FreeTDS if no file by the same
# name is found in the installation directory.
#
# For information about the layout of this file and its settings,
# see the freetds.conf manpage "man freetds.conf".
# Global settings are overridden by those in a database
# server specific section
[global]
# TDS protocol version
; tds version = 4.2
# Whether to write a TDSDUMP file for diagnostic purposes
# (setting this to /tmp is insecure on a multi-user system)
dump file = /tmp/freetds.log
debug flags = 0xffff
# Command and connection timeouts
; timeout = 10
; connect timeout = 10
# If you get out-of-memory errors, it may mean that your clien
+t
# is trying to allocate a huge buffer for a TEXT field.
# Try setting 'text size' to a more reasonable limit
text size = 64512
# A typical Microsoft server
[SqlServer]
database = ABCDAT
host = 192.0.0.1
port = 1433
tds version = 7.4
client charset = UTF-8
dump file = /tmp/foo.log
debug flags = 0x001e
There is a Microsoft driver, but this one worked for me (although it doesn't allow multiple active statement handles). I set this up about three years ago, so I may not be able to explain how I got it working.
If I had time, I'd love to try the Microsoft driver .. but for now, this works.
Alex / talexb / Toronto
Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.