Re: tds_fdw DB-Library error: DB #: 20002, DB Msg: Adaptive Server connection failed

On 12/6/24 13:19, Zacher, Stacy wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> We recently did an OS upgrade from Rocky Linux 8 to 9 on a Postgres v13 
> server that has 2 Foreign data wrappers that use tds_fdw for connections 
> to 2 different SQL Servers.
> 
> After the OS upgrade, one of the FDWs stopped working for some reason 
> but the other one still works.
> 
> The error message when trying to run the import statement in psql is as 
> follows (I changed some of the names):
> 
> using psql:
> 

> I tested connecting to the server/port via ncat and it returns 
> successfully.
> 
> When I try sqlcmd or tsql, The 1477 port is static (vs. dynamic)
> 
> [postgres@rh9server bin]$ ./sqlcmd -S 141.xxx.x.xxx,1477 -C -d Pdata_db 
> -U PData_Reader -P xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server : TCP Provider: 
> Error code 0x2746.

Some searching mentions that this 'TCP Provider: Error code 0x2746.' can 
be related to lack of TLS 1.2 support.

I don't see your tsql connection attempt.


> The FDW that is still working is going to a SQL Server v14.x 2017 server 
> and the broken one is going to a SQL Server version 13 2016 server.

Are the SQL Server instances running on the same machine?

If not what versions of Windows are they using in each case?

> 
> Also, I recreated the FDW that is broken on another server (Postgres 16 
> on Rocky Linux 8) and it works there.
> 
> So I'm puzzled here as to why it's not working on the upgraded server, 
> yet the other FDW on the same server still works.
> 
> Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Stacy
> 
> szacher@mcw.edu
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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