Connecting to SQL Server from remote Linux box

• e1785

  Right there with Babe

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  October 6, 2010 at 3:39 pm

  #227601

  There are a few cases where I might need to connect to a SQL Server installation remotely, from a Linux box. Is there any recommended way of doing this? Would you just install an ODBC driver and a DSN? Or is there another client that it might be possible to use?

• Leju Geevarghese

  SSC Eights!

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  October 6, 2010 at 3:46 pm

  #1233144

  Relating to client libraries there are: DBI/DBD, ODBC, JDBC, Open Client from Sybase, FreeTDS

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