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> Help me if you can, I'm feeling down<br>
And I do appreciate you being 'round.<br>
Help me get my feet back on the ground,<br>
Won't you please, please help me?<br>
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>In the battle against frustration and wasted motion, this manual is our first defense. Our documentation is intended to make it possible for a knowledgeable user to, well, <SPAN
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>For initial setup and login problems, review <A
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> issues, between finding the server and logging into it. The <CODE
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>Remember compiled-in defaults can be displayed with <B
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Version: freetds v0.0.95
freetds.conf directory: /usr/local/etc
MS db-lib source compatibility: no
Sybase binary compatibility: no
Thread safety: yes
iconv library: no
TDS version: 7.0
iODBC: no
unixodbc: no
SSPI "trusted" logins: no
Keberos: no </SAMP
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For <SPAN
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