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>Like the DSN-less configuration, ODBC-combined keeps server properties in <TT
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>freetds.conf</TT
>. The difference is that your applications can refer to the server by its DSN. To make that possible, the DSN entry in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>odbc.ini</TT
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>freetds.conf</TT
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>Example 4-5. Sample ODBC-combined <TT
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>odbc.ini</TT
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JDBCdsn = Sybase JDBC Server
[JDBCdsn]
Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
Description = Sybase JDBC Server
Trace = No
Servername = JDBC<A
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Database = pubs2
[Default]
Driver = /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtdsodbc.so
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>Example 4-6. Sample ODBC-combined <TT
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>freetds.conf</TT
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; freetds.conf
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[JDBC]
host = jdbc.sybase.com
port = 4444
tds version = 5.0
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>With this arrangement, an application can connect to the server in two ways, via its DSN (<TT
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>Several DSNs might be listed here. In this example, we have only one, <SPAN
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>Refers to the <TT
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