MINOR Updated README on setting the server without adding more freetds entries

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Sean Harvey 2012-03-05 18:21:25 +13:00
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@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ A: Make sure you've got an entry in **/etc/freetds/freetds.conf** (or wheverever
Then you can use "myserver" (the bit in square brackets above) as the server name when connecting to the database. Then you can use "myserver" (the bit in square brackets above) as the server name when connecting to the database.
Alternatively, if you don't want to keep adding more entries to the freetds.conf to nominate more SQL Server locations,
you can instead use the full the host/ip and port combination, such as "myserver:1433" (1433 being the default SQL Server port.)
and ensure the "tds version = 8.0" is set globally in the freetds.conf file.
**Note**: Use *tabs* not spaces when editing freetds.conf, otherwise it will not load the configuration you have specified! **Note**: Use *tabs* not spaces when editing freetds.conf, otherwise it will not load the configuration you have specified!
**Note**: Certain distributions of Linux use [SELinux](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux) which could block access to your SQL Server database. A rule may need to be added to allow this traffic through. **Note**: Certain distributions of Linux use [SELinux](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux) which could block access to your SQL Server database. A rule may need to be added to allow this traffic through.