How to make iSQL/FreeTDS behave like a normal client?

I have a third-party Sybase database, which my users would like to connect to and query from a Linux box, using [iSQL](http://isql.sourceforge.net/) . I have installed [UnixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) and [FreeTDS](http://www.freetds.org/) . As it is third-party database however, I am not able to perform any GRANTs. The query fails with iSQL on Linux: [unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]ASA Error -121: Permission denied: you do not have permission to use the "CREATE PROCEDURE" statement It appears that the actual SQL that is getting sent by iSQL is CREATE PROCEDURE AS . I have read the iSQL and FreeTDS manpages but there is no hint in there about how to disable this behavior. This works OK in Python: >>> import Sybase >>> db = Sybase.connect('host:port', 'user', 'password', 'db') >>> c = db.cursor() >>> c.execute('select table_name from systable') >>> len(c.fetchall()) 570 So I believe I have installed the Sybase client libraries correctly. Before I recommend this solution instead, can I as a DBA do anything about fixing iSQL?