freetds.conf

# This file is installed by FreeTDS if no file by the same 
# name is found in the installation directory.  
#
# For information about the layout of this file and its settings, 
# see the freetds.conf manpage "man freetds.conf".  

# Global settings are overridden by those in a database
# server specific section
[global]
        # TDS protocol version
	tds version = 7.0
	client charset = UTF-8

	# 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 = 262144

[dbservername]
        host = dbhostname.mycompany.com
        tds version = 7.0
        client charset = UTF-8
        text size = 262144