MAC OSX - How to solve "Could not SQLConnect" error - sql-server

Question

I'm trying to connect to my sql server database but it's not working.
The freetds is working, see the command:
tsql -S myserver.database.windows.net -U myuser -P mypassword
output:
locale is "C/UTF-8/C/C/C/C"
locale charset is "UTF-8"
using default charset "UTF8"
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but when I try to run the command isql, it returns me error.
command:
isql -v MYSERVER myuser mypassword
output:
[IM002][unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
My files:
freetds.conf:
# $Id: freetds.conf,v 1.12 2007-12-25 06:02:36 jklowden Exp $
#
# This file is installed by FreeTDS if no file by the same
# name is found in the installation directory.
#
# For information about the layout of this file and its settings,
# see the freetds.conf manpage "man freetds.conf".
# Global settings are overridden by those in a database
# server specific section
[global]
# TDS protocol version
tds version = 8.0
# Whether to write a TDSDUMP file for diagnostic purposes
# (setting this to /tmp is insecure on a multi-user system)
; dump file = /tmp/freetds.log
; debug flags = 0xffff
# Command and connection timeouts
; timeout = 10
; connect timeout = 10
# If you get out-of-memory errors, it may mean that your client
# is trying to allocate a huge buffer for a TEXT field.
# Try setting 'text size' to a more reasonable limit
text size = 64512
# If you experience TLS handshake errors and are using openssl,
# try adjusting the cipher list (don't surround in double or single quotes)
# openssl ciphers = HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:-DH
[MYSERVER]
host = myserver.database.windows.net
port = 1433
tds version = 8.0
client charset = UTF8
odbcinst.ini:
[FreeTDS]
Description = FreeTDS
Driver = /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so
Setup = /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so
UsageCount = 1
Trace = Yes
TraceFile = /Users/giorgecaique/Documents/sql.log
odbc.ini:
[MYSERVER]
Description = MYSERVER
Driver = FreeTDS
Database = mydatabase
Server = myserver.database.windows.net
UserName = myuser
Password = mypassword
TDS_Version = 8.0
Can anyone help me? I already saw a lot of tutorials of how to solve this, but none of it worked for me.

Answer 1

In odbc.ini file, you need a Servername attribute which points to the name of the DSN in freetds.conf. Also, 8.0 is not a valid version (long story, see the docs), and it is UTF-8 not UTF8. For example:
freetds.conf:
[MYSERVER]
host = myserver.database.windows.net
port = 1433
tds version = 7.1
client charset = UTF-8
And then in odbc.ini:
[MYSERVER]
Description = MYSERVER
Driver = FreeTDS
Database = mydatabase
Servername = MYSERVER
UserName = myuser
Password = mypassword
TDS_Version = 7.1
Good luck!

Answer 2

Have you checked that you have the library /usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so?
I ran into a similar error. I fixed my error following this guide at link.
I believe you may not have installed the drivers for freetds, which you can install via Homebrew with:
$ brew install freetds --with-unixodbc

Answer 3

Did you try emehex's answer from here:
Can't open lib 'ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server'? Sym linking issue?
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini /etc/odbcinst.ini
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini /etc/odbc.ini