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><SPAN
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> has quite extensive logging capabilities.  These are often invaluable in setting up new configurations, when it's hard to be sure precisely what configuration information is being used, and what communication is (not) working.   Often such questions can be quickly resolved by turning on logging and examining the logs.</P
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>Log files can be turned on using the <CODE
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>TDSDUMP</CODE
> environment variable.  For instance, setting the location of a dumpfile
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> The filenames <TT
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>stdout</TT
> and <TT
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>stderr</TT
> are also supported.  They can be handy if you want to intersperse the log output with your application's output, or if your application opens more than one connection.  (The logfile is otherwise normally truncated each time the library connects to the server.)</P
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>Set <CODE
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>TDSDUMPCONFIG</CODE
> to a file to
							write information to on how the configuration information is being
							obtained, e.g. from environment variables, a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>freetds.conf</TT
> file, or <TT
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>interfaces</TT
> file.  Sometimes it's unclear what source of information <SPAN
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>What if you were running <SPAN
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>/PHP?  <SPAN
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> has many children.
					Setting the <CODE
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>TDSDUMP</CODE
> (and/or <CODE
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>TDSDUMPCONFIG</CODE
>) variable to a null string will cause <SPAN
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>FreeTDS</SPAN
> to open a log under every PID.
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>export TDSDUMP=""</KBD
></PRE
>
	The log files will be named <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/tmp/freetds.log.<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>9999</I
></TT
></TT
>, where <TT
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>.  First,
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></SPAN
> So, if this is a concern (most likely
				is) make sure that the files are not world readable, and avoid posting
				them to mailing lists.</P
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>Once in a while, someone writes to the mailing list, asking why <SPAN
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>FreeTDS</SPAN
> is so <SPAN
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></SPAN
>.  It sometimes turns out that logging was left turned on.  Don't you be the next victim!  <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>FreeTDS</SPAN
> logs are meant for development and debugging, not as a system monitoring tool.</P
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><A
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><TT
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>freetds.conf</TT
> variables that Control Logging</A
></H2
><P
>See <A
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>Valid bitmask values for <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>debug flags</TT
> entry in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>freetds.conf</TT
></A
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>The logfile is normally truncated each time <SPAN
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><P
>Many ODBC Driver Managers have their own support for logging. How logging is controlled, however, varies widely by implementation. The ODBC log is often very helpful because it provides a log of all calls made directly by the application.</P
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><DT
>unixODBC</DT
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>unixODBC supports logging via some entries in <TT
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>odbcinst.ini</TT
>. For example:
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>	[ODBC]
	Trace        = Yes
	TraceFile    = /tmp/sql.log
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>
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