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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!southern.co.nz!not-for-mail From: calvin@southern.co.nz (Calvin I. Varney) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FREEBSD and ODBC Date: 16 Nov 1996 22:49:51 GMT Organization: Southern InterNet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <56lgef$k7r@orm.southern.co.nz> References: <56h965$11i$1@diana.ibernet.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: kalessin.southern.co.nz X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950621BETA PL0] Xavi (root@node41.abaforum.es) wrote: : : I have a NT database server and a FreeBSD box....and I want : to access to that database from the unix machine.... : : I think the best method is through ODBC driver, but don't know : where I can find that driver... : ODBC defines the call level interface for applications to comunicate with dbms's, not the network interface so may not be to usefull at this level. If the dbms you are trying to connect to is sybase or microsoft sql-server you may have some luck with the lynix port of sybase's open client found at http://www.sybase.com. Havent tried this myself but maybe worth a shot.... rgds,