isql does not work in cygwin (bash or zsh)

[Andrew DeFaria]

David Brusowankin wrote:

> I have been trying to connect to a SQL Server instance running on my 
> local machine. It works fine using the MS-DOS shell, but hangs in 
> cygwin. Perhaps something to do with the cygwin networking ? I can 
> ping and ftp to external sites. Can anyone suggest a fix?

Are you, per chance using rxvt? If so then it's not hanging, it's just 
not displaying the prompt due to ptys. Try Cygwin running in a Windows 
window (i.e. started from Cygwin.bat).
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