freetds
brew install freetds
v1.5.18
GPL-2.0-or-later
C library and command-line tools for connecting to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.
Why you might care
FreeTDS provides a DBMS-agnostic interface (via ODBC) and native TDS protocol support for accessing SQL Server and Sybase from Unix/Linux systems. Use it when you need database connectivity in C/compiled applications, or as the backend for language bindings and ORMs. It's the de facto open-source TDS implementation on non-Windows platforms.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.freetds.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/f/freetds.rb
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