search for: howtoconnecttomicrosoftsqlser

Hello, I decided to embrace getting a new Rails application to see an existing MSSQL database and trying to get unixODBC, freeTDS, and ActiveRecord able to query my MSSQL database. I''m following the procedure outlined at http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux but my system (Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex, Rails 2.3, Ruby 1.8.7) isn''t cooperating. I get as far as able to use ''sqsh'' to test the server-side connection and able to run SQL, but ''isql'' or the IRB aren''t able to access my u...