PDO_DBLIB DSN -- Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases
Description
The PDO_DBLIB Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
DSN prefix
The DSN prefix is sybase: if PDO_DBLIB was
linked against the FreeTDS libraries, mssql:
if PDO_DBLIB was linked against the Microsoft SQL Server libraries,
or dblib: if linked against any other variety
of DB-lib.
host
The hostname on which the database server resides.
dbname
The name of the database.
Examples
Example 1. PDO_DBLIB DSN examples
The following examples show a PDO_DBLIB DSN for connecting to
Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases: