freeTDS: Missing libtdsodbc.so file on OSX?

Question

I am trying to connect to a SQL server from a python script on a Mac OSX and after installing freeTDS using brew install freeTDS I can't seem to find the driver "libtdsodbc.so" anywhere on my machine so that I can place it in the connection string.

Has anyone ever encountered this problem or knows why it's happening?

Thanks

Check out https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/24550 for people with similar issues. There's more than one "fix" floated there. — AlG, Jan 21 '15 at 19:10
yeah I found that a couple of mins after posting the question. I'll put the fix as an answer for anyone else who has the problem and reference the source. — Mo., Jan 21 '15 at 19:28

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '15 at 19:30

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So according to This thread here the issue is with the way freeTDS is built now, you need to use brew install freetds --with-unixodbc and I can verify this fixed my problem.

answered Jan 21 '15 at 19:30

Mo.

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Thanks for posting this - saved me a lot of trouble – cantera May 09 '15 at 20:28
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This helped me move forward! Thank you. Now on to the next problem. – zvineyard Nov 14 '16 at 16:46
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This is currently hanging for us - the download fails. – Thomas Andrews Feb 23 '17 at 19:27

freeTDS: Missing libtdsodbc.so file on OSX?

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