I''ve been trying to get my local rails app (OS X) to connect to a remote MS SQL server, following the instructions in the wiki (http:// wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/ HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux) Here is my process: Installed unixODBC via Fink in /sw Installed FreeTDS in opt/local (with-unixodbc=/sw) Once I have done that and set the configuration files, I can use tsql and isql in the terminal to connect and query my DB just fine. Then after installing RubyODBC and the Ruby DBI ODBC driver, I fire up irb and try to connect. I get this: IM003 (0) [iODBC][Driver Manager]Specified driver could not be loaded So the connection is happenikng, but its chocking on the driver. I get the same when trying to access via my rails app. I have set the Driver to TDS in the /etc/obdc.ini and set the path to /opt/local/lib/ libtdsodbc.so in /etc/odbcinst.ini. I have looked over the iODBC site and the FAQs seem to suggest this could be a permissions issue, but that doesn''t seem to be the case here. I am hoping someone else has tried this and can shed some light on it... Brad Daily bradleyboy productions brad-gF2YUKaa3i2Mzk71e9gJXA@public.gmane.org _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails