Thanks again for everyone's help. I have a successful configuration.
I used the "ODBC-combined" configuration which is documented here:
http://freetds.org/userguide/odbcombo.htm
here are the config files residing in my home dir:
-bash-2.05b$ cat .freetds.conf
[global]
tds version = 7.0
[QAI]
host = Mqa3.xxx.yyy.com
port = 1433
-bash-2.05b$
-bash-2.05b$ cat .odbc.ini
[ODBC Data Sources]
QAIdsn = QAI database
[QAIdsn]
Driver = /usr/local/freetds-0.64/lib/libtdsodbc.so
Description = QAI database
Trace = No
Servername = QAI
Database = qai
[Default]
Driver = /usr/local/freetds-0.64/lib/libtdsodbc.so
-bash-2.05b$
Cheers,
Whit
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