freetds.conf

[global]
        tds version = 8.0

;	tds version = 4.2

	# Whether to write a TDSDUMP file for diagnostic purposes
	# (setting this to /tmp is insecure on a multi-user system)
;	dump file = /tmp/freetds.log
;	debug flags = 0xffff

	# Command and connection timeouts
;	timeout = 10
;	connect timeout = 10
	
	# If you get out-of-memory errors, it may mean that your client
	# is trying to allocate a huge buffer for a TEXT field.  
	# Try setting 'text size' to a more reasonable limit 
	text size = 64512

# A typical Sybase server
;[egServer50]
;	host = symachine.domain.com
;	port = 5000
;	tds version = 5.0

# A typical Microsoft server
;[egServer70]
;	host = ntmachine.domain.com
;	port = 1433
;	tds version = 7.0