All, I have a set of users who are currently using RODBC on Solaris (2.6 and up) to connect to SQL Server databases. We use unixODBC for a driver manager and Easysoft's ODBC-ODBC bridge underneath. R 1.6.2 is our standard R version. While moving to Linux (RedHat 9) I have become eager to phase out our use of Easysoft, but am tied to SQL Server for the time being. I am curious as to whether others have had experience using alternative drivers for SQL Server, such as FreeTDS (which supposedly works with unixODBC though it speaks TDS), sitting behind RODBC on Linux/Solaris (R 1.6.2 and up). Many thanks, Jeff Enos