ODBC access under Linux compatibility

[Lorin Lund]

I am using an interpreted language whose interpreter is built for Linux. 
 So I am relying on
Linux compatibility.  I have built and installed 
/usr/ports/databases/libiodbc.  Calls to the
library fail.   It just occurred to me that libiodbc.so is a FreeBSD 
format library and the
program that is trying to access it is a Linux format binary.

How can I get Linux compatible ODBC service running?

At this time I don't need native FreeBSD ODBC access and Linux 
compatible access
concurrently, but what if I did?