note 28616 modified in function.mssql-connect by felipe

Linux MDK 9.0, PHP 4.3.0 MSSQL 2000 on remote host We used freetds (www.freetds.org) compiled with parameter: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds PHP was compiled with parameter: ./configure --with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds [and some others] We added our section in /usr/local/freetds/freetds.conf ---------------------------------- [MyServer70] host = 172.16.20.81 port = 1433 tds version = 7.0 ---------------------------------- in mssql_connect() you have to provide as a hostname the name you put between [] brackets in freetds.conf OR specify host:port $connection = mssql_connect("MyServer70", "d", "d"); or $connection = mssql_connect("172.16.20.81:1433", "d", "d"); Remember to specify port! --was-- Linux MDK 9.0, PHP 4.3.0 MSSQL 2000 on remote host We used freetds (www.freetds.org) compiled with parameter: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds PHP was compiled with parameter: ./configure --with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds [and some others] We added our section in /usr/local/freetds/freetds.conf ---------------------------------- [MyServer70]       host = 172.16.20.81        port = 1433        tds version = 7.0 ---------------------------------- in mssql_connect() you have to provide as a hostname the name you put between [] brackets in freetds.conf OR specify host:port $connection = mssql_connect("MyServer70", "d", "d"); or $connection = mssql_connect("172.16.20.81:1433", "d", "d"); Remember to specify port! http://php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php