Trouble With Connecting to MSSQL DB - php

Question

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server and I'm trying to establish a connection to a MSSQL database.
I've managed to connect using tsql and isql, but osql doesn't work and connecting with PHP using PDO also isn't working.. I will try to provide as much information as I can and if you need more just let me know and I will edit.
freetds.conf:
[MSSQL]
host = TPSACC
port = 54488
tds version = 8.0
odbc.ini:
[MSSQL]
Description = MS SQL connection to PRODUCTION database
Driver = FreeTDS
Database = PRODUCTION
Server = TPSACC
UserName = sa
Password = pass
Trace = No
TDS_Version = 8.0
Port = 54488
odbcinst.ini:
[FreeTDS]
Description = ODBC for Microsoft SQL
Driver = /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so
UsageCount = 1
Threading = 2
~> isql MSSQL sa pass
+---------------------------------------+
| Connected! |
| |
| sql-statement |
| help [tablename] |
| quit |
| |
+---------------------------------------+
SQL>
~> tsql -S MSSQL -U 'sa' -P 'pass'
locale is "en_US.UTF-8"
locale charset is "UTF-8"
using default charset "UTF-8"
1>
~> osql -S MSSQL -U sa -P pass
checking shared odbc libraries linked to isql for default directories...
strings: '': No such file
trying /tmp/sql ... no
trying /tmp/sql ... no
trying /etc ... OK
checking odbc.ini files
reading /home/toolplas/.odbc.ini
[MSSQL] not found in /home/toolplas/.odbc.ini
reading /etc/odbc.ini
[MSSQL] found in /etc/odbc.ini
found this section:
[MSSQL]
Description = MS SQL connection to PRODUCTION database
Driver = FreeTDS
Database = PRODUCTION
Server = TPSACC
UserName = sa
Password = pass
Trace = No
TDS_Version = 8.0
Port = 54488
looking for driver for DSN [MSSQL] in /etc/odbc.ini
found driver line: " Driver = FreeTDS"
driver "FreeTDS" found for [MSSQL] in odbc.ini
found driver named "FreeTDS"
"FreeTDS" is not an executable file
looking for entry named [FreeTDS] in /etc/odbcinst.ini
found driver line: " Driver = /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so"
found driver /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so for [FreeTDS] in odbcinst.ini
/usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so is an executable file
"Server" found, not using freetds.conf
Server is "TPSACC"
osql: no IP address found for "TPSACC"
In PHP I have:
$conn = new PDO ("dblib:host=TPSACC;dbname=PRODUCTION","$username","$pw");
..or..
$conn = new PDO ("dblib:host=TPSACC;port=54488;dbname=PRODUCTION","$username","$pw");
And they both return this error:
SQLSTATE[HY000] Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist (severity 9)
I have been stuck here for a couple days and can't quite figure out why only half of the connections actually work..
Any and all help is really appreciated, thanks!
EDIT: It is different than that question, I explained in a comment but will repost here:
For that one the problem was that the port was changed from 1433. Mine was also changed and I fixed that, the port is now 54488 and since that change tsql and isql have been working. However, it still doesn't solve the osql and PHP issues.

Answer 1

osql is choking on something in your configuration. osql is a debugging utility which simply checks out your configuration, then passes along to unixODBC's isql to connect (http://linux.die.net/man/1/osql). Try this for your odbc.ini:
[MSSQL]
Driver = FreeTDS
Description = MS SQL connection to PRODUCTION database
Server = tpsacc.yourfulldomain.com
Port = 54488
TDS_Version = 7.2
Database = PRODUCTION
UserName = sa
Password = pass
Trace = No
Also, are you sure that's the correct location for libtdsodbc.so? When I install freetds-dev with Ubuntu 14 x64 (utopic), it installs to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so; example odbcinst.ini:
[FreeTDS]
Description = v0.91 with protocol v7.2
Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
And for good measure, the typical freetds.conf I use:
# A typical Microsoft server
[MSSQL]
host = tpsacc.yourfulldomain.com
port = 54488
tds version = 7.2
FreeTDS only supports up to TDS version 7.2 with most languages. While using "8.0" shouldn't break anything, using 7.2 is better for consistency. If you need to check for reference, I have a Vagrant box with a full configuration available here, with examples: https://github.com/FlipperPA/django-python3-vagrant/ Good luck!