Big Brother tells me that Neil Lunn wrote:
>
> Umm Jack. The main point was to see if there was a difference between isql
> and DBD::ODBC.
> isql should allow you to use the same connect string that you are suppling
> to DBD::ODBC, so if you can supply a DSN'less connect to isql, the same
> string can be used for DBD::ODBC.
EXACTLY!! This is the point I have been trying to make. The DSN works
just fine.
> Now at the end of the day, if this fails as before there is something wrong
> with DBD::ODBC, but if it works then something is up with how odbc.ini is
> being processed.
This has been my conclusion. Since unixODBC+FreeTDS is working outside
of perl, the only new element is DBD::ODBC.
> I get what you are trying to do which is to use TDS to remotely access MSSQL
> Server. And presumably from your information you are getting this to happen
> through ODBC using the isql program.
>
> We're just trying to narrow down the differences.
Exactly 100% on the mark! Now if I can just get DBD::ODBC working
before I lose my job 8-(...
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