title: isql not connecting to the database
body: <p>I have installed unixodbc and mssql drivers on the centos machine , but i am not able to connecto to the remote database using isql database username password.</p>
  
  <p>odbcinst -j </p>
  
  <pre><code>unixODBC 2.3.1
  DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
  SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
  FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
  USER DATA SOURCES..: /root/.odbc.ini
  SQLULEN Size.......: 8
  SQLLEN Size........: 8
  SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>cat /etc/odbcinst.ini (this file is blank)</p>
  
  <p>I created an entry in /etc/odbc.ini</p>
  
  <pre><code>[empower]
  Driver=ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server
  Description=ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server
  DSN=dsnname
  Trace=No
  Server=servername
  Port=1433
  Database=db_env
  ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly
  
  
  isql dsnname username password gives the below error :
  [ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Need to know if i am doing anything wrong.</p>