SAS ODBC connection to SQl Server

[Helannivas]

Hi,

I have a requirement to connect to SQL Server database from SAS. So Before editing the odbc.ini, I have checked whether the SQL server database and port are opened from SAS servr.

cat < /dev/tcp/<Server_name>/<Port_no>.

And I haven't got connection refused output. So the database and port are opened in SQL server database and I think I can able to establish the connection.

Then I have edited the odbc.ini file and created a DSN. And created a SQL Server library in SAS SMC.

But while accessing the database , I have got a error that Connection refused ,verify hostname and port number .

Can anybody help me on this. Thanks in advance.

[LinusH]

It's always good to verify the connection using a third party tool.
On Windows you got plenty of options. In UNIX/Linux iSQL is available.